HiRISE: Seeing below the surface in Morava Valles

ESP_038798_1665Morava Valles is a small outflow channel in the Margaritifer Sinus region of Mars. Several of the interior channels of Morava emanate from a localized region of terrain that is caving in, also called “subsidence.” This region, comprised of jumbled blocks of flat-topped hills, is known as chaotic terrain. These channels, which emerge from the chaotic region, are separated by elongated hills that coalesce into a single channel before disappearing into… [More at link]

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