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Gale Sedimentary Rocks

April 15, 2005
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows outcroppings of layered, sedimentary rock in eastern Gale Crater on Mars. North-central Gale Crater is the site of a mound that is more than several kilometers thick and largely composed of sedimentary rocks.

15 April 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows outcroppings of layered, sedimentary rock in eastern Gale Crater. North-central Gale Crater is the site of a mound that is more than several kilometers thick and largely composed of sedimentary rocks that record a complex history of deposition and erosion. At one time, Gale Crater might have been completely filled and buried beneath the martian surface.

Location near: 4.9°S, 221.6°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Winter

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