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Mesas Eroding out of a Mawrth Vallis Plateau

Mesas Eroding out of a Mawrth Vallis Plateau

Mesas Eroding out of a Mawrth Vallis Plateau
These mesas contain bright-toned material which have been found to be clay-bearing in other mesas with both HiRISE and CRISM data. These regions of bright-toned material are layered down to the meter scale and are heavily fractured, reminiscent of the clay-bearing deposits at Mawrth Vallis.

ID: ESP_073797_2040
date: 24 April 2022
altitude: 287 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_073797_2040
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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.