COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Record
Title:
Sedimentary Rocks in Ladon Vallis
Original Caption Released with Image:
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.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Produced By:
Malin Space Science Systems
Mission:
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Spacecraft:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Target Name:
Mars
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Mars Orbiter Camera
Product Size:
836 samples x 1254 lines
Producer ID:
MOC2-616
facet_what:
Mars
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
25 January 2004
facet_when_year:
2003
Image #:
PIA05252
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA05252
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