The image, taken with HiRISE pointing straight down, shows us the wonderful texture of lava flows in the Marte Vallis region, part of the Amazonis quadrangle, which has a low density of craters compared to other areas on Mars.

ID: ESP_055075_2025
date: Thursday, 26 April 2018
altitude: 285 km (176.7 mi)

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_055075_2025
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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