HiPOD: Saturday, 4 February 2023
Spiders on Mounds

Spiders on Mounds
This terrain looks like lumpy sediment on top of patterned ground. The lumpy sediment is likely just loosely consolidated because it is covered with spidery channels.

This landform is uniquely Martian, formed in the spring as seasonal dry ice turns directly into gas that erodes channels in the surface.

This target was identified by citizen scientists at Planetfour: Terrains.

ID: ESP_046562_1005
date: 2 July 2016
altitude: 247 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_046562_1005
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.