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Candor Exposed

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows outcrops of light-toned rock, interpreted to be sedimentary in origin, in east Candor Chasma on Mars. The exposures of light-toned rock are separated by areas of windblown ripples and dark sand.
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Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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19 May 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows outcrops of light-toned rock, interpreted to be sedimentary in origin, in east Candor Chasma. The exposures of light-toned rock are separated by areas of windblown ripples and dark sand.

Location near: 8.2°S, 64.7°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Autumn

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