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Uplifted Blocks of Light-Toned Layered Deposits

Acquired on April 1, 2018, this image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Aram Chaos, a 280 kilometer-diameter ancient impact crater that lies within the Southern Highlands of Mars. Uplifted blocks of light-toned layers, composed largely of the ironoxide hematite and water-altered silicates, indicate that this crater once held a lake.

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Uploaded on August 9, 2018
Taken in April 2018