HiPOD Monday, 19 Jul 2021: This Fractured Land

This image features small collection of cave candidates in Avernus Cavi, located in Elysium Planitia. These candidates are located at the base of scarps formed by extensional fracturing. We might be able to resolve rim and floor textures as finely as possible to verify if any caves are indeed present.

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uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_063977_

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I find it interesting that all of the floor textures are perpendicular to the walls despite the prevailing "wind" aligning the surface dunes consistently lower-left to upper-right.

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