This heavily cratered area has cracking patterns that are commonly associated with putative chloride-rich terrains. Chlorides on ancient Mars might have formed in the same aqueous processes as they do on Earth.

ID: ESP_056744_1485
date: Monday, 3 September 2018
altitude: 254 km (157.48 mi)

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_056744_1485
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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