This scene includes chaotic deposits with a wide range of colors . The deposits are distinctive with both unique colors and small-scale textures such as fracture patterns.

These are probably sedimentary rocks, transported and deposited in water or air. The original layers may have been jumbled in a landslide. Dark or reddish sand dunes cover some of the bedrock.

Written by: Alfred McEwen (audio: Tre Gibbs)   (29 July 2015)

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Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona