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  Martian Texture 6: Juventae Chasma  

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Martian Texture 6: Juventae Chasma
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Martian landforms have been shaped by winds, water, lava flow, seasonal icing and other forces over millennia. This view shows color variations in bright layered deposits of opaline, silica and iron sulfates on a plateau the Valles Marineris region of Mars.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL Caltech

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