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Meridiani Valleys

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows layered sedimentary rocks and the traces of valleys that were once underneath those rocks in northwestern Sinus Meridiani on Mars.
PIA07454
Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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10 March 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows layered sedimentary rocks and the traces of valleys that were once underneath those rocks in northwestern Sinus Meridiani.

Location near: 4.5°N, 2.4°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Northern Summer