Also visible in a Context Camera image, this observation can address a decades-old concern as to whether Hesperia Planum is entirely lavas or includes sedimentary rocks in the plains-forming stratigraphic package. The landform is notable for its moderate number of impact craters and abundant wrinkle ridges. The word “Hesperia” is a Greco-Latin poetic term for “lands to the west.”

ID: ESP_066221_1545
date: 11 September 2020
altitude: 254 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_066221_1545
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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