Much of Mars' surface is covered by fine-grained materials that hide the bedrock, but elsewhere, such as in this scene, the bedrock is well exposed (except where covered by sand dunes).
<p>Colors are enhanced in the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://static.uahirise.org/images/2017/details/cut/ESP_049009_1520.jpg">cutout of a pit exposing reddish layers.</a> This is part of a stereo pair, so check out the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://hirise-pds.lpl.arizona.edu/PDS/EXTRAS/ANAGLYPH/ESP/ORB_039500_039599/ESP_039581_1520_ESP_049009_1520/ESP_039581_1520_ESP_049009_1520_RED.browse.png">stereo anaglyph for a 3D view.</a>
</p><p>This is a stereo pair with <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_039581_1520">ESP_039581_1520.</a>
</p><p>The map is projected here at a scale of 25 centimeters (9.8 inches) per pixel. [The original image scale is 26.7 centimeters (10.5 inches) per pixel (with 1 x 1 binning); objects on the order of 80 centimeters (31.5 inches) across are resolved.] North is up.
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The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colo. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.
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