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PIA08702: Many-Layered Rock
This MOC image shows light-toned, layered, sedimentary rocks in a crater in the northwestern part of Schiaparelli basin. The repetition of these horizontal layers suggests the sediments could have been deposited in an ancient crater lake
Target Name: Mars
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Spacecraft: Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Instrument: Mars Orbiter Camera
Product Size: 1832 samples x 4007 lines
Produced By: Malin Space Science Systems
Producer ID: MOC2-1563
Full-Res TIFF: PIA08702.tif (7.349 MB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA08702.jpg (1.497 MB)

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23 August 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows light-toned, layered, sedimentary rocks in a crater in the northwestern part of Schiaparelli basin. The repetition of these horizontal layers suggests the sediments could have been deposited in an ancient crater lake.

Location near: 0.3°S, 345.6°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Autumn


Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

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