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Spallanzani Layers

This image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a layered, light-toned mesa among other layered materials exposed in a mound that covers much of the floor of Spallanzani Crater.
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Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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31 March 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a layered, light-toned mesa among other layered materials exposed in a mound that covers much of the floor of Spallanzani Crater.

Location near: 58.3°S, 273.9°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Summer