Mars Odyssey Mission THEMIS: Feature Image: Layered Rock in Candor Chasma (Released 28 September 2004)

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Location: -6.9N, 290.3E	Released: 2004-09-28
Image Size: 18.4 x 65.7 km, 1024 x 3648 px
Resolution: 18m	Instrument: VIS

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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The Odyssey spacecraft has taken some great pictures of Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in the solar system. If this canyon were on Earth, it would stretch from New York to Los Angeles. Image of the Day toured some of the canyons that make up this vast system.

This image shows a layered rock formation that is located in Candor Chasma.