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Layers in Depression in Argyre Planitia

Layers in Depression in Argyre Planitia

Layers in Argyre Planitia
The objective of this observation is to examine layers in a depression. The layers occur on the walls and on buttes in the depression. This scene is in the southern part of the Argyre Basin, which is 1,800 kilometers wide and one of the most impressive impact structures on Mars, excavated in a giant collision about 4 billion years ago.

ID: ESP_075644_1265
date: 15 September 2022
altitude: 256 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_075644_1265
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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Black & white is less than 5 km across; enhanced color is less than 1 km. For full observation details, visit the ID link.