This stunning image features exposed bedrock in the southwestern part of an impact crater that is located within another crater. With a stereo pair and an eventual digital terrain model, we can examine the stratigraphy of the bedrock in greater detail. This location is in Thaumasia Planum, directly south of Valles Marineris.

ID: ESP_076858_1560
date: 19 December 2022
altitude: 251 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_076858_1560
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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