The pattern here appears to be preferentially eroded into inverted polygonal terrain on the top of some mesas, likely the results of subsurface processes.

ID: ESP_053603_2000
date: 2 January 2018
altitude: 278 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_053603_2000
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