HiRISE: Massif beauty

ESP_054939_1655-2Massif beauty. We have two simple objectives with this image: to fill in gaps of coverage of this area in Coprates Chasma and to look for colorful slopes of mafic materials. (“Mafic” refers to a silicate mineral or igneous rock that is rich in magnesium and iron.)

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