With its cracked, blistery appearance, this mound near the center of a very large, over 5-kilometer diameter mid-latitude crater poses an interesting question: how did this form?

More importantly, what is the relationship between the mound and the surrounding, viscous features? Did those flow features play a role in forming the mound? Can that material help explain the cracked surface of the mound?

ID: ESP_035078_2185
date: 19 January 2014
altitude: 298 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_035078_2185
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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