HiPOD: Monday, 27 March 2023
Intersection of Curvilinear Ridge and Butte

Intersection of Curvilinear Ridge and Butte

Ridge Meets Butte
The curved ridge is darker than surroundings and appears to be an inverted stream channel. At this location, the inverted stream is interrupted or diverted by the presence of a couple of buttes or knobs. The main objective here is to get very high resolution coverage of the inverted stream materials (sedimentary rock?) and to include the buttes and attempt to discern their origins and relations to the old stream channel system.

ID: ESP_072584_1970
date: 20 January 2022
altitude: 281 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_072584_1970
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.