PIA08581: Butte-ification
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows layered, light-toned exposures of probable sedimentary rock in Iani Chaos 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 1985 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1517  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA08581.tif (1.661 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA08581.jpg (211.8 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

8 July 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows layered, light-toned exposures of probable sedimentary rock in Iani Chaos. Near the right (east) edge of the scene are relatively small, remnant buttes and mesas composed of the light-toned rock which makes up the large plateau on the west edge of the image.

Location near: 1.6°S, 18.4°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Autumn

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2006-07-08