Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Oudemans Layers
Original Caption Released with Image:
27 October 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows outcrops of light-toned, layered rock exposed in the central peak of Oudemans Crater, near the Labyrinthus Noctis of the western Valles Marineris complex. The rocks in this August 2005 image were once below the ground and flat-lying. Now they are tilted on edge-a product of the impact that formed Oudemans Crater. Their regular layering and light tone suggest these might be ancient sedimentary rocks.

Location near: 10.0°S, 92.1°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Southern Spring
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Produced By:
Malin Space Science Systems
Mission:
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Spacecraft:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Target Name:
Mars
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Mars Orbiter Camera
Product Size:
2048 samples x 4800 lines
Producer ID:
MOC2-1263
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Crater
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Surveyor
facet_what:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
facet_what:
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
27 October 2005
facet_when:
August 2005
facet_when_year:
2005
Image #:
PIA03072
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA03072
orignial url:

Oudemans Layers