This image completes a mosaic of images covering a collection of streamlined islands in Athabasca Valles. Streamlined islands form by a rapid erosive flow (catastrophic flooding) around an obstacle such as a resistant rock outcrop or surface armored by impact ejecta.

Examination of the margins of the islands can show evidence of terraces as in this image. Each terrace may indicate a different flow event or flood level, and can be used to reconstruct the history of flood events.

ID: ESP_028519_1895
date: 26 August 2012
altitude: 277 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_028519_1895
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