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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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Aram Chaos Complexity
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Aram Chaos Complexity
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Original Caption Released with Image:
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26 May 2005 This picture is a mosaic of two Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) images of sedimentary rock outcrops in Aram Chaos, near Ares Vallis, Mars. Aram Chaos is an impact crater that was nearly completely filled with material, some of which is light-toned, layered, sedimentary rock. The MGS Thermal Emission Spectrometer team detected crystalline hematite in Aram Chaos, attesting to its potential similarity to some of the rocks in Meridiani Planum, where the Mars Exploration Rover (MER-B), Opportunity, has been operating. During April 2005, an opportunity arose to acquire a MOC narrow angle camera image that would mosaic with a previous picture, R11-02268. The figure shown here is a mosaic of that earlier image, obtained in November 2003, and the newer picture, from April 2005. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the right, and north is toward the bottom. A steep slope is seen near the top of the image. It formed in light-toned sedimentary rock, and it has shed debris to form a suite of darker-toned talus deposits. These deposits are the products of dry mass movement; the darker tone of the debris might be an indication that the material is less weathered or coarse-grained. Evident below the scarp are several light-toned yardangs, sculpted by wind. Erosion of the yardang-forming material, interpreted to be sedimentary rock, has revealed dark-toned blocks, separated by troughs. The blocks pre-date the deposition of the yardang-forming material. The presence of these broken-up blocks suggests that a chaotic terrain pattern formed in Aram>text missing position of material that later became the light-toned, sedimentary rock. The geologic history recorded in Aram Chaos is no less complex than has been observed by MOC in other large craters, such as Gale.
Original_Caption_Rel eased_with_Image
26 May 2005 This picture is a mosaic of two Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) images of sedimentary rock outcrops in Aram Chaos, near Ares Vallis, Mars. Aram Chaos is an impact crater that was nearly completely filled with material, some of which is light-toned, layered, sedimentary rock. The MGS Thermal Emission Spectrometer team detected crystalline hematite in Aram Chaos, attesting to its potential similarity to some of the rocks in Meridiani Planum, where the Mars Exploration Rover (MER-B), Opportunity, has been operating. During April 2005, an opportunity arose to acquire a MOC narrow angle camera image that would mosaic with a previous picture, R11-02268. The figure shown here is a mosaic of that earlier image, obtained in November 2003, and the newer picture, from April 2005. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the right, and north is toward the bottom. A steep slope is seen near the top of the image. It formed in light-toned sedimentary rock, and it has shed debris to form a suite of darker-toned talus deposits. These deposits are the products of dry mass movement; the darker tone of the debris might be an indication that the material is less weathered or coarse-grained. Evident below the scarp are several light-toned yardangs, sculpted by wind. Erosion of the yardang-forming material, interpreted to be sedimentary rock, has revealed dark-toned blocks, separated by troughs. The blocks pre-date the deposition of the yardang-forming material. The presence of these broken-up blocks suggests that a chaotic terrain pattern formed in Aram>text missing position of material that later became the light-toned, sedimentary rock. The geologic history recorded in Aram Chaos is no less complex than has been observed by MOC in other large craters, such as Gale. Original Caption Released with Image
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Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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Produced By:
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Malin Space Science Systems
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Malin Space Science Systems
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Mission:
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Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mission
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mission
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Spacecraft:
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Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Spacecraft
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Spacecraft
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Target Name:
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Mars
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Mars
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Is a satellite of:
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Sol (our sun)
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Sol (our sun)
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Instrument:
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Mars Orbiter Camera
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Mars Orbiter Camera
Instrument
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Product Size:
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1710 samples x 1226 lines
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1710 samples x 1226 lines
Product Size
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Producer ID:
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MOC2-1103
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MOC2-1103
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Sun
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Sun
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Crater
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Crater
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Spectrometer
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Spectrometer
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Mars
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Mars
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Opportunity
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Opportunity
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Surveyor
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Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
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Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
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Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-TES)
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Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-TES)
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Mars
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Mars
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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facet_when:
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April 2005
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April 2005
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November 2003
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November 2003
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26 May 2005
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26 May 2005
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2003
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2003
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2005
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2005
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Image #:
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PIA07992
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA07992
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA07992
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