Erosion exposes deeply buried minerals

Erosion exposes deeply buried minerals

This image shows the context for orbital observations of exposed rocks that had been buried an estimated 5 kilometers (3 miles) deep on Mars. It covers an area about 560 kilometers (350 miles) across, dominated by the Huygens Crater, which is about the size of Wisconsin.

July 31, 2012 8:23 AM PDT

Photo by: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State Univ.

| Caption by: James Martin

 

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