HiRISE often rides along with observations performed by the Context Camera (CTX) on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Sometimes, we will take a picture slightly before or after the CTX observation, in order to explore new terrain.

Here, this trick is used to steal a glimpse of a pair of beautiful box canyons in Noctis Labyrinthus that open to the east and reveal intriguing layering.

ID: ESP_082424_1730
date: 25 February 2024
altitude: 264 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_082424_1730
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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