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Dike, Breakwater, Peninsula, Lake...? |
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Bar or boulder deposit Kasei Valles | |||||
| NASA Catalog: | http://ida.wr.usgs.gov/html/fha013/fha01337.html, http://ida.wr.usgs.gov/html/fha013/fha01339.html, http://ida.wr.usgs.gov/html/fha013/fha01341.html | |||||
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To me, this resembles a peninsula with a dike or breakwater around it. These "breakwater" structures are interestingly regular, straight, flat, and even. The right angles are also quite striking. There is a lot of interesting texture and detail here.
The area a little to the south continues the same pattern:
If this is not a breakwater, what natural process could have formed these striking shapes?
Also, notice some interesting "lakes" up on the highland, with flat smooth bottoms and eroded sloping sides.
