These mounds contain bright-toned material which have been found to be clay-bearing with data from the CRISM instrument on MRO.

This particular example contains both aluminum and iron/magnesium bearing clays.

These regions of bright-toned material are layered down to the meter scale and are heavily fractured, reminiscent of the clay-bearing deposits at Mawrth Vallis.

ID: ESP_074720_2030
date: 5 July 2022
altitude: 288 km

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