PIA08560: Stairways to ?
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dust-mantled, layered remnants of sedimentary rock exposed by erosion on the floor of an unnamed crater located northeast of Crommelin Crater in Arabia Terra 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:  2048 x 2816 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1503  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA08560.tif (5.773 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA08560.jpg (529.3 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

24 June 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows dust-mantled, layered remnants of sedimentary rock exposed by erosion on the floor of an unnamed crater located northeast of Crommelin Crater in Arabia Terra. Many of the low-lying areas separating the exposures are occupied by large, windblown ripples and, in some areas, by dark-toned, windblown sand.

Location near: 8.3°N, 7.2°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Northern Spring

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2006-06-24