This observation features a series of interstratified valleys and inverted channels at the western end of the southwestern basin in Melas Chasma. Melas is part of the largest canyon system on Mars, Valles Marineris. At only 563 kilometers long (349 miles) Melas is not the longest canyon, but it is the widest.

ID: ESP_076621_1710
date: 30 November 2022
altitude: 265 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_076621_1710
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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