Layers in Aureum Chaos . ... Credit Copyright: . Credit HiRISE , MRO , LPL (U. Arizona) , NASA Explanation: At first glance these undulating shapes in shades of blue might look like waves on an ocean . Seen here in a false-color image from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE camera , they are actually layered rock outcrops found in Aureum Chaos. The larger Aureum Chaos region is a chaotic jumble of eroded terrain in the eastern part of Mars' immense canyon Valles Marineris . ...