HiPOD: Friday, 28 May 2021
Channels in Highlands Crater

Channels in Highlands Crater

Headless Channels
With these odd, headless channels in a highlands crater, the channels are cut into (or draped by) a youngish-looking mantle, but the heads are eroded and these don’t look like recent gullies. This is the kind of unusual formation that is always worth a closer look.

ID: ESP_068078_1340
date: 3 February 2021
altitude: 249 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_068078_1340
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #NASA

Black & white is less than 5 km across; enhanced color is less than 1 km. For full observation details, visit the ID link.