A Sequence of Beauty in Terby Crater
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the north-facing wall of a moat-like depression in the middle of Terby Crater, exposing a beautiful 400 meter-high sequence of light-toned, repetitive sedimentary layers. These deposits are often obscured by darker-toned patches of material as well as ripples and dunes. The deposits in Terby, located on the northern rim of Hellas Planitia, are consistent with deposition in a standing body of water. The layers have been proposed as science targets for future landed missions. https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21952
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PIA21952
Date Created
September 18, 2017
Center
JPL
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