HiPOD (17 December 2018): Chryse Chaos – In planetary…

HiPOD (17 December 2018): Chryse Chaos

   – In planetary nomenclature, the term chaos means “distinctive area of broken terrain.” The general morphology of chaos is steep-sided mesas in close proximity. The interconnected channel forms erode, and mesas are created by erosion of the bounding channels. (Alt: 279 km, less than 5 km across.)

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