Angular Blocks

This image covers an impact crater on the northeast rim of Hellas basin, with excellent exposures of bedrock layers.

Here we see a portion of the steep inner slope where some of the bedrock has broken into angular pieces and slide partway down the slope.

Written by: Alfred McEwen   (17 October 2012)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_037396_1485 .

More info and image formats at http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_028812_1485

Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona