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Rabe Remnants

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows buttes and knobs of light-toned rock, perhaps sedimentary in origin, on the floor of Rabe Crater on Mars. The buttes and knobs are surrounded by dark, windblown sands that are crisscrossed dust devil tracks.
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Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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15 July 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows remnants -- buttes and knobs -- of light-toned rock, perhaps sedimentary in origin, on the floor of Rabe Crater. The buttes and knobs are surrounded by dark, windblown sands that are crisscrossed dust devil tracks.

Location near: 44.0°S, 325.9°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Summer