Sedimentary Rock in Candor
Jet Propulsion Laboratory https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ Feb. 8, 2005
11 February 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows dozens of light- and a few dark-toned sedimentary rock layers exposed by faulting and erosion in western Candor Chasma, part of the vast Valles Marineris trough system.
Location near: 6.5°S, 77.0°W
Image width: ~~3.0 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Autumn