The nearby Nirgal Vallis locale exposes a clay unit in its valley walls. This observation aims to determine if this unit can be determined elsewhere in the region, such as in excavations in nearby craters. This crater likely has nice bedrock exposures, as visible in THEMIS and Context Camera data, and an overlapping CRISM image indicates a clay exposure.

ID: ESP_074022_1525
date: 12 May 2022
altitude: 257 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074022_1525
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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