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Light-Toned Layered Material in Depression in West Juventae Chasma

Light-Toned Layered Material in Depression in West Juventae Chasma

Layered Material in Juventae Chasma
This image shows light-toned layered rock (sedimentary?) outcrops with spectacular erosional expressions that might (or not) give good clues on depositional setting. Were these sediments deposited here *after* Juventae Chasma opened up, or are they exhumed features, exposed by the opening and subsequent modification of the chasm? Can we tell?

ID: ESP_076172_1775
date: 26 October 2022
altitude: 264 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_076172_1775
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.