Science and Exploration

Troughs In The Nili Fossae Region Of Mars

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
NASA
January 5, 2023
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Troughs In The Nili Fossae Region Of Mars
Nili Fossae
NASA

The Nili Fossae region contains excellent bedrock exposures with diverse colors. Here we highlight one region with intersecting troughs (linear depressions).

The bright north-sound trending features are windblown (aeolian) ridges and are concentrated in the troughs.

ID: ESP_076602_2020
date: 29 November 2022
altitude: 281 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_076602_2020NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

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