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Coprates Outcrop

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a small area of layered outcrop in the floor of Coprates Chasma on Mars.
PIA06377
Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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10 July 2004
Light-toned, layered rock outcrops occur in small patches as well as large regional exposures within the chasms of the Valles Marineris system. This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a small area of layered outcrop in the floor of Coprates Chasma. The image is located near 14.0°S, 64.0°W, and covers an area about 3 km (1.9 mi) wide. The scene is illuminated by sunlight from the left/upper left.