HiPOD: Monday, 26 October 2020
Light-Toned Features on Dark-Toned Mound in Juventae Chasma

Light-Toned Features on Dark-Toned Mound in Juventae Chasma

Light-Toned Features on a Dark-Toned Mound
Poking out from amid a lot of windblown, low-albedo sand, are exposures of the underlying mound’s bedrock. Is that rock light-toned and layered like the more famous sulfate-bearing layered mounds of western Juventae Chasma?

ID: ESP_062799_1750
date: 19 December 2019
altitude: 263 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_062799_1750
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.