This area seen by NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is known as the Deuteronilus contact of the Isidis Basin; it has been interpreted as a possible ancient shoreline. There are also suggestions that this contact is of volcanic origin.
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Title: Hints of an Ancient Shoreline in Southern Isidis Planitia
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
Date Created: 2013-11-06
Rights: JPL
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