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Sometimes, the rationale for obtaining an observation is fairly thin, but when we have a beautiful image, perhaps the less said, the better.
Our objective is simple: to examine layers exposed in a depression in north Arabia Terra. The ground is densely cracked here, and the scene is also visible in a Context Camera image. Arabia Terra was named in 1879 by Giovanni Schiaparelli, who named it after the Arabian peninsula.
ID: ESP_055517_2170
date: 31 May 2018
altitude: 298 km
NASA/JPL/UArizona