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Sedimentary Rock in Candor

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dozens of light- and a few dark-toned sedimentary rock layers exposed by faulting and erosion in western Candor Chasma, part of the vast Valles Marineris trough system on Mars.
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Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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11 February 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows dozens of light- and a few dark-toned sedimentary rock layers exposed by faulting and erosion in western Candor Chasma, part of the vast Valles Marineris trough system.

Location near: 6.5°S, 77.0°W
Image width: ~~3.0 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Autumn