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Layers in Candor

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows layered rocks, in some areas eroded by wind to form yardangs, in eastern Candor Chasma, one of the troughs of the Valles Marineris system on Mars.
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Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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16 January 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows layered rocks--in some areas eroded by wind to form yardangs--in eastern Candor Chasma, one of the troughs of the Valles Marineris system. The circular feature near the center of the image is a filled and partially-exhumed impact crater. The image covers an area about 3 km (1.9 mi) wide and is illuminated by sunlight from the upper left. These features are located near 8.1°S, 66.9°W.