This image shows a layered deposit in Galle Crater , located in the Southern cratered highlands.

The geologic history of Galle Crater is not well constrained, and it contains a variety of features that have been interpreted as fluvial, lacustrine or glacial deposits.

The deposit pictured here contains multiple unconformities (sudden or irregular changes from one deposit to another), indicating periods of erosion and non deposition.

Written by: Lauren Edgar  (30 March 2017)

This is a stereo pair with PSP_003934_1275 .

More info and image formats at http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/PSP_003855_1275

Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona