In planetary nomenclature, the term chaos means “distinctive area of broken terrain.” The general morphology of chaos is steep-sided mesas in close proximity. The interconnected channel forms erode, and mesas are created by erosion of the bounding channels.
ID:
ESP_054424_1925date: 7 March 2018
altitude: 279 km
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_054424_1925
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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