PIA04679: Layers in Tithonium Chasma
 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:  540 x 810 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA04679.tif (438.1 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA04679.jpg (74.48 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-445, 7 August 2003

Tithonium Chasma is one of the troughs of the vast Valles Marineris canyon system. Within many of these troughs are outcrops of light-toned, layered, sedimentary rock. This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows eroded sedimentary rock exposures overlain by the remnants of a smoother-surfaced, dark material. The dark feature is a younger sedimentary deposit made of a different material than the light-toned sediments; it covered the lighter rocks after they were eroded to their present form. This area is located near 5.0°S, 89.8°W. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the lower left.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2003-08-20