HiPOD: Wednesday, 9 February 2022
Mesa-Plains Contact

Mesa-Plains Contact

Mesa-Plains Contact
The contacts between these low hills and the smooth plains (almost certainly lava) are strangely pitted and fractured. Why? Was this caused by invasive lava effects or some sort of lava-water interaction or another as yet unknown process?

ID: ESP_035599_1835
date: 1 March 2014
altitude: 274 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_035599_1835
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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.