HiPOD: Thursday, 20 February 2025
Crater-Delineating Mounds in Chryse Planitia

Mounds in Chryse Planitia
This landform shows distinctive layering in Context Camera data, and is atypical in its interaction with the surrounding plains. It appears to delineate underlying craters. Understanding the connection between these landforms and the craters they delineate is vital to our knowledge of their formation.

ID: ESP_075775_2025
date: 25 September 2022
altitude: 287 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_075775_2025
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.