The objective of this observation is to examine thin layers in the Nepenthes Mensae region. Because this location is close to Gale Crater, these layers may one day be compared to those currently being studied by the Curiosity rover. Nepenthes Mensae is a plateau, whose name derives from Greek for a drug that quells all sorrows with forgetfulness and is mentioned in Homer’s “Odyssey.”

ID: ESP_055565_1750
date: 4 June 2018
altitude: 265 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_055565_1750
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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