Also visible in Context Camera images, the objective of this observation is to examine a group of gullies that are quite wide, but have short channels, on the eastern side of an impact crater. Terra Cimmeria, in the heavily cratered Southern Highlands of Mars, is a region of interest because of Eridania, paleolake that existed during the early part of Mars’ past, when liquid water was abundant in the area.

ID: ESP_076850_1340
date: 18 December 2022
altitude: 250 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_076850_1340
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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