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Bedding Details in Layered Rock

Bedding Details in Layered Rock

Bedding Details in Layered Rock
This beautiful image shows terrific layers and exposed bedrock along a cliff in west Candor Chasma, which is part of the extensive Valles Marineris canyon system.

A Context Camera (CTX) image of this area showed that the strata is not entirely horizontal, and that there may be crossed beds, or lenses pinching out, or some other texture/structure that might give a clue as to the depositional setting of the sediment that makes up these layers.

This image shows the area in greater detail and resolution, so we can compare what we have gleaned from CTX and Mars Orbiter Camera images to develop a better understanding of what we're looking at and how to interpret the past history of the region.

ID: ESP_017174_1730
date: 26 March 2010
altitude: 262 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_017174_1730
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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Black & white is less than 5 km across; enhanced color is less than 1 km. For full observation details, visit the ID link.