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West Tithonium Scene

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dark rippled surfaces and a patch of light-toned, perhaps sedimentary rock exposed on the floor of western Tithonium Chasma, part of the vast Valles Marineris trough system on Mars.
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Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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26 June 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows dark rippled surfaces and a patch of light-toned, perhaps sedimentary rock exposed on the floor of western Tithonium Chasma, part of the vast Valles Marineris trough system.

Location near: 5.0°S, 90.3°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season Southern Spring