Layered Deposits in Western Candor Chasma

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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The layered deposits in this Valles Marineris canyon are heavily eroded by the wind into an impressive array of yardangs and swirling patterns of layers. The origin of the deposits remains a mystery.

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Image ID:

V04797001 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -5.2115

Longitude: 282.728

Orbit Number: 4797

Captured: 2003-01-13 03:09

Posted to Web: Tue, 2003-01-21

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (64 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.01761 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.017738 km/pixel

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