PIA07816: Buttes near Meridiani
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows buttes and two eroded impact craters on the plains west of Sinus Meridiani on Mars. The layers can be seen in the walls of the two large, dark-floored craters.
 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 3488 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1050  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA07816.tif (2.909 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA07816.jpg (527.8 kB)  

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3 April 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows buttes and two eroded impact craters on the plains west of Sinus Meridiani. The buttes and bedrock here are composed of light-toned, layered, sedimentary rock similar to the bedrock at the Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, site. The layers can be seen in the walls of the two large, dark-floored craters.

Location near: 0.5°N, 8.0°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Northern Summer

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-04-03