PIA00199: Candor Chasm in Valles Marineris
Part of Candor Chasm in Valles Marineris, Mars. Layered terrain is visible in the scene from NASA's Viking Orbiter 1., perhaps due to a huge ancient lake.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Viking 
 Spacecraft:  Viking Orbiter 1
 Instrument:  Visual Imaging Subsystem - Camera A 
 Product Size:  3650 x 4608 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  U.S. Geological Survey 
 Producer ID:  P40688  
 Addition Date:  1998-06-08 
 Primary Data Set:  Viking EDRs 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA00199.tif (32.2 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA00199.jpg (1.083 MB)  

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Part of Candor Chasm in Valles Marineris, Mars, from about latitude -9 degrees to -3 degrees and longitude 69 degrees to 75 degrees. Layered terrain is visible in the scene, perhaps due to a huge ancient lake. The geomorphology is complex, shaped by tectonics, mass wasting, and wind, and perhaps by water and volcanism.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/USGS

Image Addition Date:
1998-06-08