This stunning image shows well-exposed layers of a canyon wall in Melas Chasma. Our science goal is to see if we can constrain layer orientations, pinchout patters and unconformities that can help determine layer origins. A stereo pair will help us to measure layer orientations.

ID: ESP_077043_1715
date: 2 January 2023
altitude: 264 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_077043_1715
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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