We’ve dubbed this site “Manhattan,” and over the years, it’s become a standard Martian springtime monitoring site for how sublimation creates the dark fans and alters the terrain with these spider-like shapes.

ID: ESP_055608_0935
date: 7 June 2018
altitude: 246 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_055608_0935
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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