HiRISE: Glaciation at the eastern Hellas margin

ESP_036947_1390Hellas Crater in the ancient highlands contains some of the clearest evidence on Mars for glacial processes. This image, on the eastern margin of the giant impact crater, shows a number of features consistent with glaciation. There are roughly north-south running ridges and troughs which mark the deposition of sediment called moraine underneath or beside a glacier… [More at link]

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