Colorful Bedrock Exposed in a Landslide Scarp

The steep walls of Valles Marineris sometimes fail, creating giant landslides. This provides a clean exposure of the underlying bedrock.

This image of the north wall of Ganges Chasma reveals bedrock with diverse colors and textures, representing different geologic units.

ID: ESP_047502_1730
date: 13 September 2016
altitude: 264 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_047502_1730
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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