HiRISE 4K: Diverse Landforms and Lithologies near Nili Fossae

This portion of our 2010 image shows spectacular Noachian-epoch diversity with the rock and mineralogy. The Noachian age of Mars goes back approximately 3 to 4.5 billion years ago and was a promising era for a possible emergence of life on Mars. (See link for full cutout.)

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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