At the southeastern edge of a huge impact crater, Context Camera data show a candidate delta formation, which is interesting because other CTX observations and an earlier HiRISE picture show channels and light-toned fans feeding a playa deposit at a lower elevation. Could there have been two different lake levels within this crater?

ID: ESP_072979_2035
date: 19 February 2022
altitude: 286 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_072979_2035
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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