This observation features an upper section of a canyon channel system that incising Mount Sharp in Gale Crater. A HiRISE image was requested as the canyon system is analogous to Gediz Vallis also on Mount Sharp, and explored by the Curiosity rover, which may have formed through the past flow of water, rocks, and other materials.

ID: ESP_076745_1750
date: 10 December 2022
altitude: 268 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_076745_1750
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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