Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
West Candor Rocks
Original Caption Released with Image:
11 December 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows light-toned, layered, sedimentary rock exposures in western Candor Chasma, part of the vast Valles Marineris trough system. Most of west Candor's interior includes exposures of layered rock with very few superimposed impact craters. The rock may be very ancient, but the lack of craters suggests that the erosion of these materials is on-going.

Location near: 6.3°S, 76.0°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Southern Summer
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:
672 samples x 1608 lines
Producer ID:
MOC2-1308
facet_what:
Sun
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_where:
Candor Chasm, Mars
facet_when:
11 December 2005
facet_when_year:
2005
Image #:
PIA03630
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA03630
orignial url:

West Candor Rocks