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Meridiani Scene

Dec. 18, 2005
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows exposures of light-toned, layered, sedimentary rock among dark-surfaced plains in northern Sinus Meridiani on Mars. A circular feature in the lower right corner is a wedding-cake-like tower of sedimentary rocks.

18 December 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows exposures of light-toned, layered, sedimentary rock among dark-surfaced plains in northern Sinus Meridiani. The circular feature in the southeast (lower right) corner of the image is a wedding-cake-like tower of sedimentary rocks.

Location near: 2.9°N, 359.9°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Winter

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