The goal of this image is to observe how surface flow patterns in the area vary with distance from a proposed parent crater. This is one of several flow feature observations being suggested in the vicinity of a small (under 5 kilometer) well-preserved crater to the east of this locale. Shalbatana Vallis likely was the shoreline of an ancient lake and is the word for Mars in the Akkadian language.

ID: ESP_071543_1875
date: 30 October 2021
altitude: 275 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_071543_1875
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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