This observation shows features that look like a flow margin around a kipuka, so this is definitely worth a closer look. A “kipuka”, a Hawaiian term, is an area of land that is surrounded by younger lava flows, in effect an “island” within a sea of lava.

ID: ESP_077449_2235
date: Friday, 3 February 2023
altitude: 300 km (186 mi)

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_077449_2235
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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