Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Sedimentary Rock in Candor
Original Caption Released with Image:
11 February 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows dozens of light- and a few dark-toned sedimentary rock layers exposed by faulting and erosion in western Candor Chasma, part of the vast Valles Marineris trough system.

Location near: 6.5°S, 77.0°W
Image width: ~~3.0 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Autumn
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:
627 samples x 1133 lines
Producer ID:
MOC2-999
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 February 2005
facet_when_year:
2005
Image #:
PIA07352
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA07352
orignial url:

Sedimentary Rock in Candor