Much of Mars’ surface is covered by fine-grained materials that hide the bedrock, but elsewhere, such as in this scene, the bedrock is well exposed (except where covered by sand dunes).

Colors are enhanced in the cutout of a pit exposing reddish layers. This is part of a stereo pair, so check out the stereo anaglyph for a 3D view.

ID: ESP_049009_1520
date: 9 January 2017
altitude: 255 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_049009_1520
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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