Colour plan view of the Atlantis basin and its surroundings
Colour plan view of the Atlantis basin and its surroundings
A noticeable feature of the Atlantis basin is the several hundred mesas and small peaks strewn 'chaotically' across its roughly 200-kilometre expanse – the Atlantis Chaos region. The uppermost layer of these elevated areas consists of light-coloured material. Spectroscopic measurements have shown these consist of phyllosilicates, minerals produced in the presence of water.
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