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More than half of the floor of this trough appears to be covered in some kind of smooth mantling material with some pitted areas and a smooth, somewhat lobate edge. The non-mantled part of the floor exhibits a variety of textures and features including a knobby unit, some raised circular and sinuous ridge forms, linear fractures, and possible aeolian (wind-blown) bedforms.
Our goal with this observation is to investigate the boundary between the smooth mantling material, and the variety of textures adjacent to it. This image is located in Tempe Fossae.
ID: ESP_062061_2195
date: 23 October 2019
altitude: 259 km
NASA/JPL/UArizona