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Lobate Form in Crater with Pitted Floor

Lobate Form in Crater with Pitted Floor

Lithified Lobes
This observation features a possibly multi-layered lobe that might be ejecta from craters on southwest rim of the crater in which they occur. They could also be landslide deposits that pre-date those impacts, meaning that the ejecta had to have eroded away before re-exposing landslide lobes. Either way, the erosional expression is suggestive that the materials are perhaps lithified.

ID: ESP_075321_1550
date: 21 August 2022
altitude: 255 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_075321_1550
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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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.