
Large boulders are visible in this enlargement of pictures taken by the Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) lander camera on July 4, 1997. The landing site is in the dry flood channel named Ares Valles. The boulders probably represent deposits from one of the catastrophic floods that carved the ancient channel. Between the rocks is brownish windblown soil. The gray-tan sky results from dust particles in the atmosphere. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00609
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NASA ID
PIA00609
Date Created
July 5, 1997
Center
JPL
Media Type
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