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The Southern Floor of Gale Crater

The Southern Floor of Gale Crater

The Southern Floor of Gale Crater
This image along the southern interior floor of Gale Crater hosts many different landforms. Light-toned, scabby, and presumably hydrated materials on the crater floor are covered by large, darker-toned dunes.

The small crater, about 2 kilometers in diameter, in the middle of the image is filled with an enigmatic deposit that appears to have flowed into the crater from the south.

ID: ESP_043961_1740
date: 12 December 2015
altitude: 265 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_043961_1740
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.