Mesa (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Mesa

Caption

A clay-rich mesa in the Hellas basin of Mars. The blue color near the rim is aluminum bearing clays. The red-orange color below that is iron and magnesium bearing clays. The image captures an area that’s 1 kilometer across.

Credit

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

Usage Restrictions

No restrictions.

License

Public Domain

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