These convergent branched ridges also appeared in two Context Camera images, so HiRISE was asked to get a full resolution image for closer study. One hypothesis is that the features might be contributory inverted stream channels that converge on an inverted, “ponded” area.
ID:
ESP_064088_2065date: 29 March 2020
altitude: 287 km
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_064088_2065
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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