This oblique view shows a small part of the near-rim ejecta from Tooting Crater. The flow extending from upper left to lower right looks much like a typical lava flow, but doesn’t emanate from a volcanic vent.

Instead, this must be either melted rock from the impact event, or a wet debris flow from melting of ice. The surface is dusty so color variations are minor.

ID: ESP_016412_2030
date: 26 January 2010
altitude: 287 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_016412_2030
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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