Ripples of rock

A Piece of Mars: To the upper right of this 0.85×0.6 km (0.53×0.37 mi) scene is a flat-lying plain strewn with large ripples. To the lower left is a rugged hill with gray rock laced with white veins (this might be part of an impact megabreccia identified nearby in Holden crater). Notice that some of the ripples on the rugged hill are also veined – this is evidence that they are actually eroded into the bedrock, rather than fine-grained deposits like their counterparts on the plain. It’s not yet clear how these “Periodic Bedrock Ridges” form, and they may be unique to Mars. (HiRISE ESP_052789_1520, NASA/JPL/Univ. of Arizona)