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Bedrock Outcrops in Kaiser Crater

Bedrock Outcrops in Kaiser Crater

Bedrock Outcrops in Kaiser Crater
This enhanced-color image shows a patch of well-exposed bedrock on the floor of Kaiser Crater.

The wind has stripped off the overlying soil, and created grooves and scallops in the bedrock. The narrow linear ridges are fractures that have been indurated, probably by precipitation of cementing minerals from groundwater flow. The rippled dark blue patches consist of sand.

ID: ESP_012239_1330
date: 7 March 2009
altitude: 251 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_012239_1330
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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Black & white is less than 5 km across; enhanced color is less than 1 km. For full observation details, visit the ID link.