This image offers us unique color coverage of the beautifully exposed and sharp-edged megabreccias. Nili Fossae has long been a perennial runner-up choice for possible landing spots for exploration. Megabreccia are very large clasts of broken up rock, and the ones in this observation appear be layered and have structure. MRO has discovered that rocks in Nili Fossae contain carbonate minerals.

ID: ESP_075534_2005
date: 6 September 2022
altitude: 278 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_075534_2005
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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