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Sedimentary Rocks in Melas

Feb. 18, 2005
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a butte and several other landforms eroded into light-toned, layered, sedimentary rock in southern Melas Chasma, part of the vast Valles Marineris trough system on Mars.

This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a butte and several other landforms eroded into light-toned, layered, sedimentary rock in southern Melas Chasma. Melas is part of the vast Valles Marineris trough system.

Location near: 11.8°S, 74.6°W
Image width: ~3.0 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Southern Spring

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