This is an oblique view of gully deposits from the steep slope of an impact crater.

The deposits with anomalous (bluish) colors may reveal very recent activity, not yet homogenized by dust deposition, or there may be sand preferentially trapped in some places to give this appearance.

ID: ESP_013944_1345
date: 18 July 2009
altitude: 247 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_013944_1345
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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