Light-Toned Surface Amid Buttes or Yardangs in Martz Crater
HiRISE PICTURE OF THE DAY: 7 JUNE 2024

Amid Buttes or Yardangs in Martz Crater

Also visible in Context Camera data, what we see here is perhaps light-toned rock *or* smooth units with dust coating. Either way, by analogy to prior experience (e.g., Gale Crater), there is some possibility this is an exposure of ancient mudstone. Or not. The surrounding butte- or yardang-forming materials might also be sedimentary.



HiRISE Instrument News
Since July 23, 2023, HiRISE observations have lacked data from the RED4 CCD due to a hardware issue, creating a gap in the middle of image products and reducing the color swath to 1 CCD width. We are investigating the hardware issue and may be able to acquire some RED4 data in the future.

Ridges in Lycus Sulci
Much of the rocks in this area have been subjected to erosion by the wind, so the surface we see today was originally buried deep underground.