This image gives us a nice example of a light-toned rock outcropping in Valles Marineris also known as “wall rock.” Our main science goal: let’s get a closer look at the properties of this material. Is it layered? Fractured? Or perhaps superposing/pasted-on, or part of the original pre-chasm rock?

ID: ESP_071082_1655
date: 25 September 2021
altitude: 261 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_071082_1655
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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