In planetary nomenclature, the term “chaos” means “distinctive area of broken terrain.” The general shape of chaos terrain is steep-sided mesas (or other large blocky material) in close proximity to one another. The mesas are created by erosion of the interconnected channels into valleys. With time these valleys expand creating a jumble of hills

ID: ESP_054424_1925
date: 7 March 2018
altitude: 279 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_054424_1925
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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