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Mars at Ls 341°: Acidalia/Mare Erythraeum

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor 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,
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Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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Mars at Ls 341°: Acidalia/Mare Erythraeum

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13 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.

Season: Northern Winter/Southern Summer

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