PIA03085: Terby's Layers
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows light-toned, layered, sedimentary rock exposures in Terby Crater, just north of Hellas Planitia on Mars. These rocks might have formed from sediment deposited in a lake or a larger Hellas-filling sea.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) 
 Spacecraft:  Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
 Instrument:  Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) 
 Product Size:  1024 x 1728 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1269  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03085.tif (1.771 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03085.jpg (232 kB)  

Click on the image above to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format (possibly reduced in size from original)

Original Caption Released with Image:

2 November 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows light-toned, layered, sedimentary rock exposures in Terby Crater, just north of Hellas Planitia. These rocks might have formed from sediment deposited in a lake or a larger Hellas-filling sea.

Location near: 28.0°S, 285.4°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Spring

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-11-02