The eastern flank of this mesa has already been imaged by HiRISE. The CRISM instrument has detected clays at the western end, but we lack the context for this measurement. Similar HiRISE images of mounds around Chryse Planitia have revealed stunning and complex meter and decameter-scale stratigraphy, indicative of widespread regional processes.

ID: ESP_071806_2045
date: 20 November 2021
altitude: 287 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_071806_2045
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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