In this image, we see a North-South trending graben crosscut by two East-West trending ones. The E-W graben show evidence of right lateral faulting. The top graben appear as left echelon faults; the bottom graben offsets the larger North-South graben by about 7 kilometers. Our observation may provide deeper insight into the regional structural geology of the Valles Marineris region.

ID: ESP_076924_1640
date: 24 December 2022
altitude: 252 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_076924_1640
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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