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Layers in Shalbatana Vallis

Dec. 5, 2004
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows an exposure of layered material, probably sediment, on the floor of Shalbatana Vallis on Mars. Erosion has exhumed small impact craters and created round, layered buttes.

5 December 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows an exposure of layered material, probably sediment, on the floor of Shalbatana Vallis. Erosion has exhumed small impact craters and created round, layered buttes. This image is located near 3.2°N, 43.4°W, and covers an area approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) wide. The scene is illuminated by sunlight from the lower left.

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