A Layered Plateau in Pavonis Mons

This plateau is one of the few hypothesized glaciovolcanic landforms on Mars with well-exposed areas and meter-scale and smaller structures. The large outcrops are the only ones in the plateau that face the inferred down-flow direction of the ancient glacier that left a fan-shaped deposit.

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_075541_1840
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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