This is an image of the central pit of an impact crater in the ancient highlands.

The central uplifts of large impact craters often collapse to form pits on Mars, but they are still structural uplifts and often expose deep bedrock with diverse rock types which have a variety of colors.

In the cutout, we see colorful streaks, where the bedrock is eroding, moving downhill a bit, then getting swept by the wind.

ID: ESP_016136_1525
date: 4 January 2010
altitude: 255 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_016136_1525
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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