Light-Toned Rocks inside a Crater
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Light-Toned Rocks inside a Crater
ESP_017292_1680  Science Theme: Composition and Photometry
This approximately 20 kilometer diameter impact crater is located just to the south of Coprates Chasma in Valles Marineris.

Near the center of the crater are some light-toned rocks. These rocks are very jumbled and broken up rather than flat-lying and layered. These observations suggest that the light-toned rocks once existed below the current terrain and were brought up by the process that created the crater.

Several other craters around Valles Marineris also reveal light-toned rocks in their central peaks suggesting that the light-toned rocks are a regional unit that is buried beneath the lava plains that now surround Valles Marineris.

Written by: Cathy Weitz  (5 May 2010)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_025375_1680.
 
Acquisition date
04 April 2010

Local Mars time
15:14

Latitude (centered)
-11.860°

Longitude (East)
304.480°

Spacecraft altitude
258.2 km (160.5 miles)

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4.8°

Phase angle
56.3°

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60°, with the Sun about 30° above the horizon

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73.2°, Northern Spring

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