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Eroded Sedimentary Rock

May 27, 2003
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows eroded, layered sedimentary rock exposures in an unnamed western Arabia Terra crater on Mars.

MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-372, 26 May 2003

This high resolution Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows eroded, layered sedimentary rock exposures in an unnamed western Arabia Terra crater at 8°N, 7°W. The dark material is windblown sand; much of the erosion of these layers may have also been caused by wind. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the left.

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