Description
12 December 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a banded surface in Argyre Planitia, the second largest impact basin in the martian southern hemisphere. The bands are the erosional expression of layered, perhaps sedimentary, rock.
Location near: 55.8°S, 45.4°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Summer
