HiPOD: Friday, 9 October 2020
Delta or Fan at Erosion-to-Deposition Transition on Crater Floor

Transitions on a Crater Floor
This is an interesting crater with likely playa deposits fed by numerous streams, suggesting the water never got deep. However, if this deposit really is a delta, it would prove that the water did get deep, and that constrains paleohydrology.

ID: ESP_062658_2045
date: 8 December 2019
altitude: 289 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_062658_2045
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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Black & white is less than 5 km across; enhanced color is less than 1 km. For full observation details, visit the ID link.