Detail View: NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection: Sedimentary Rocks in Ladon Vallis
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Title:
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Sedimentary Rocks in Ladon Vallis
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Original Caption Released with Image:
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25 January 2004 This is a Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) picture of an outcrop of light-toned, layered, sedimentary rock exposed by erosion in Ladon Vallis. These rocks preserve clues to the martian past. However, like books in a library, one needs to go there and check them out if one wishes to read what the layers have to say. This November 2003 picture is located near 21.1°S, 29.8°W, and covers an area 3km (1.9 mi.) wide. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the left.
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Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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Produced By:
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Malin Space Science Systems
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Mission:
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Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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Spacecraft:
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Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
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Target Name:
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Mars
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Is a satellite of:
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Sol (our sun)
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Instrument:
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Mars Orbiter Camera
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Product Size:
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836 samples x 1254 lines
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Producer ID:
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MOC2-616
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facet_what:
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Mars
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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facet_when:
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25 January 2004
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facet_when_year:
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2003
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Image #:
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PIA05252
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA05252
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original url:
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http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05252
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