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The objective of this observation is to examine a butte with many exposed and well-defined layers.

The layers may be part of a lake that some have suggested existed in Hellas, the largest impact basin on the Red Planet. This scene was also imaged by the Context Camera. 


Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona https://www.uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_065181_1505
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