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The floor of Schiaparelli Crater shows geological features that might have appeared as a result of fluvial processes. Layers on the floor (that can be a few meters thick or tens of meters thick) also appear similar to layers found on Earth, thought to have formed in the past, at least in part by water deposition.
This area could be a possible landing zone for future crewed or non-crewed missions for studying water history on Mars. Schiaparelli is pretty huge: about 459 kilometers in diameter.
ID: ESP_055477_1770
date: 28 May 2018
altitude: 267 km
NASA/JPL/UArizona