HiRISE: The plains are not plain

ESP_045300_1630This image covers some of the plains south of Capri Chasma in eastern Valles Marineris.

Where the aeolian (wind-blown) sedimentary cover has been stripped away, we see diverse colors indicative of of a variety of altered minerals formed in Mars’ wetter past. [More at link]

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