This image covers layered sedimentary rocks on the floor of an impact crater north of Eberswalde Crater. There may have been a lake in this crater billions of years ago, and the area was once considered a landing spot for the Mars Science Laboratory.

There are diverse rock compositions, as we can see in an enhanced-color cutout. This image completes a stereo pair, so be sure to view the stereo anaglyph. Here is a sample at full resolution.

ID: ESP_040605_1575
date: 26 March 2015
altitude: 259 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_040605_1575
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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