HiRISE 8K: Layers Exposed in the Walls of an Impact Crater

Partway down from the crater rim is a prominent bright layer of bedrock. These layers must correspond to different types of rock that were deposited as nearly flat-lying sheets.

Full cutout on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2qizKHE

NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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