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Layered Mesa Top

Dec. 16, 2004
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows light-toned, layered outcrops of sedimentary rock exposed at the top of a small mesa in northern west Candor Chasma of the Valles Marineris trough system on Mars. Large, dark, windblown ripples cover the plains.

16 December 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows light-toned, layered outcrops of sedimentary rock exposed at the top of a small mesa in northern west Candor Chasma of the Valles Marineris trough system. Large, dark, windblown ripples cover the plains surrounding the mesa. These features are located near 5.4°S, 74.6°W. The image covers an area approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) wide and is illuminated by sunlight from the upper left.

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