This channel’s shape changes where a narrow fissure crosscuts the floor of a wider channel and adjacent surfaces. The fissure may have released fluid that formed or modified channels downstream to the south. Olympica Fossae is a complex channel located on the volcanic plains between Alba Mons and Olympus Mons.

ID: ESP_076398_2055
date: Sunday, 13 November 2022
altitude: 280 km (173.6 mi)

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_076398_2055
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