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Layers in Galle Crater

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows layered sedimentary rocks in southern Galle Crater on Mars.
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Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-385, 8 June 2003

This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image provides a glimpse of the layered sedimentary rocks in southern Galle Crater. The picture covers an area about 3 km (1.9 mi) wide near 52.3°S, 30.1°W. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the upper left.