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On ancient Mars, water carved channels and transported sediments to form fans and deltas within lake basins....
In this image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, lower wall rock spurs are found that spread dark materials onto...
This MOC image shows blocky remnants of a material that was once more laterally extensive on the floor of an impact...
Sulfates are found overlying clay minerals in sediments within Columbus Crater, a depression that likely hosted a...
This MOC image shows light-toned, layered, sedimentary rocks in a crater in the northwestern part of Schiaparelli...
Alluvial fans are gently-sloping wedges of sediments deposited by flowing water. Some of the best-preserved alluvial...
Scientist hypothesize that a lake of liquid water once filled Gale crater, and the layers in the mound formed as...
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity studied layers in the Burns Cliff slope of Endurance Crater in 2004. The...
This color HiRISE view shows a pitted, blocky surface, but also more unusually, it has contorted, irregular...
This image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows some interesting fractured materials on the floor of an...
This colorful scene is situated in the Noctis Labyrinthus, perched high on the Tharsis rise in the upper reaches of...
This observation from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows light-toned layered deposits at the contact between the...
SL2-16-174 (22 June 1973) --- Norfolk and the lower Chesapeake Bay, VA (37.5N, 75.5W) at the interface of the...
This image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is part of a proposed landing site in Aram Dorsum for the ExoMars...
Made from fossilized microbes and sediment, these rounded rocks are stromatolites that were found in a dry lakebed...
This un-named crater in southwestern Arabia Terra contains a treasure! Layered sediments are the key to the puzzle...
This image is of Jezero Crater on Mars, the landing site for NASA's Mars 2020 mission. It was taken by instruments...
ISS026-E-005121 (27 Nov. 2010) --- Tidal flats and channels on Long Island, Bahamas are featured in this image...
Excellent exposures of light-toned layered deposits occur along the northern edge of Hellas Basin as seen by NASA...
This series of images reconstructs the geology of the region around Mars Mount Sharp, where NASA Curiosity Mars...
This image shows some bright layered deposits exposed within a linear trough along the floor of the Ladon Basin as...
Brown and tan muddy water flows down the Hudson River are seen in this image acquired by NASA Terra spacecraft on...
This view from the NASA Curiosity Mars rover shows an example of cross-bedding that results from water passing over...
In this NASA Mars Odyssey image of eastern Arabia Terra, remnants of a once vast layered terrain are evident as...