PIA04167: Terby's Rocks
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows light-toned, layered, sedimentary rock outcrops in the crater, Terby. The crater is located on the north rim of Hellas Basin on Mars.
 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:  836 x 2865 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1194  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA04167.tif (2.398 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA04167.jpg (431.6 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

25 August 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows light-toned, layered, sedimentary rock outcrops in the crater, Terby. The crater is located on the north rim of Hellas Basin. If one could visit the rocks in Terby, one might learn from them whether they formed in a body of water. It is possible, for example, that Terby was a bay in a larger, Hellas-wide sea.

Location near: 27.9°S, 285.7°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Winter

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-08-25