Mesas and Pits
What's up and what's down? This image covers mesas, or high-standing plateaus, to the north and pits, or low-standing, depressions to the south. If it looks the other way around, then you are not seeing the topography correctly. Remember that the Sun is coming from the left (west) at MRO's imaging time of about 3 p.m. What formed these mesas and pits is a question that is not so easy to answer. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20812
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NASA ID
PIA20812
Date Created
July 15, 2016
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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