CRISM multispectral mapping data show strong potential olivine signatures in a bright unit in Solis Planum that is here penetrated by a few impact craters. This potentially exposes compositional stratigraphy. The occurrence of olivine on the surface of Mars has posed for researchers a fascinating question of how long it has been there and what that means about Martian climate history.

ID: ESP_076859_1595
date: 19 December 2022
altitude: 250 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_076859_1595
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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