This image captures the edge of a lava flow that partially buries older terrain in the Martian Southern Highlands. Where the edge of the lava flow made contact with the higher-standing topography, it formed a rumpled and ridged surface.

This lava flow is one of many massive flows that extend southwest from Arsia Mons, one of the largest shield volcanoes on Mars. (The cutout scene is 2.2 kilometers, or 1.4 miles, across.)

ID: ESP_087858_1505
date: 24 April 2025
altitude: 254 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_087858_1505
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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