A Layered Mound in Claritas Rupes

Also available in Context Camera data, the objective of this observation is to examine a layered mound near a curved valley. Claritas Rupes is a 924-kilometer long scarp to the southwest of Solis Planum, and part of the Claritas Fossae unit. The term “rupes” is used in planetary geology to refer to escarpments and is the Latin word for “cliffs.”

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_075422_1425
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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