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Sedimentary Rocks

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows outcrops of sedimentary rocks in a crater located just north of the Sinus Meridiani region on Mars. Perhaps the crater was once the site of a martian lake.
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Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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6 November 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows outcrops of sedimentary rocks in a crater located just north of the Sinus Meridiani region. Perhaps the crater was once the site of a martian lake.

Location near: 2.9°N, 359.0°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Autumn