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Rocky Ground in Huygens Crater

Rocky Ground in Huygens Crater
This region of the interior of Huygens Crater shows light toned bedrock (seen as light blue in this enhanced color image) peeking out from beneath a light brown soil covering. The bedrock here is highly fractured with some soil collecting in some of the fractures helping to make them visible.

ID: ESP_016154_1685
date: 6 January 2010
altitude: 258 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_016154_1685
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.