Malea Patera is one of four volcanic constructs that make up Malea Planum in the Southern Highlands of Mars. This image shows the southern-most part of Malea Patera’s plateau escarpment.

On these steep scarps, ice can still be seen on the south facing walls of the scarp towards the end of the Southern Hemisphere’s winter.

ID: ESP_082999_1165
date: 10 April 2024
altitude: 249 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_082999_1165
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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