HiPOD: Tuesday, 27 August 2024
Diverse Deposits in Melas Chasma

Diverse Deposits in Melas Chasma
This scene includes chaotic deposits with a wide range of colors. The deposits are distinctive with both unique colors and small-scale textures such as fracture patterns.

These are probably sedimentary rocks, transported and deposited in water or air. The original layers may have been jumbled in a landslide. Dark or reddish sand dunes cover some of the bedrock.

ID: ESP_041134_1720
date: 6 May 2015
altitude: 264 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_041134_1720
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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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.