This image can help us assess the relationships between a pinkish to reddish clay-bearing unit observed in color-infrared images that appears to be quite extensive, spanning from the Hellas impact basin to Syrtis Major and Isidis impact basin. The clays are included in landslides and uplifts within complex craters throughout the region, just like those observed here. Could these materials from the subsurface originate from Hellas or the Isidis impact basin to the north of this location?
ID:
ESP_066117_1745date: 3 September 2020
altitude: 260 km
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_066117_1745
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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