The goal of this observation is to determine the source of the ridge within a possible moraine that is also present in another HiRISE image. A moraine is a mass of rocks and sediment carried down and deposited by a glacier.

If the structure is a moraine, we should expect to find two sources of debris converging in the valley. If the sources are carrying lots of debris, there is a good chance of finding more moraine features further up the valley.

ID: ESP_050004_2170
date: 27 March 2017
altitude: 295 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_050004_2170
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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