Sandstone in West Candor Chasma

desert landscape with rock outcroppings and dunes seen from above
January 28, 2020
CreditNASA/JPL/UArizona
Historical DateDecember 22, 2019
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Candor Chasma in central Valles Marineris on Mars is filled with light-toned layered deposits thought to be sandstones, perhaps formed in an ancient wet and potentially habitable environment.

This view comes from the HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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