This image targets a potential flooded impact crater in Hebrus Valles, which is a well-preserved example of early-to-middle Amazonian outflow channel system carved into bedrock. These channels exhibit a diverse set of shapes indicative of formation by one or more liquid water outflow events, possibly initiated by magmatic intrusion, melting and cracking of the cryosphere.

ID: ESP_073686_2010
date: 15 April 2022
altitude: 283 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_073686_2010
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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