Layered Bedrock near Oyama Crater
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Layered Bedrock near Oyama Crater
ESP_018820_2035  Science Theme: Sedimentary/Layering Processes
Layered rock to the east of Oyama Crater and just west of Mawrth Vallis in another HiRISE image provides information about bedding style and expression immediately beneath the ground at what was once a candidate field site for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL).

This observation on the west wall of the same crater further reveals these layered rocks for comparison with what we see on the north wall. These images serve to characterize the geologic setting of the potential landing site and rover explorations.

Written by: Alfred McEwen  (27 September 2010)

This is a stereo pair with ESP_019664_2035.
 
Acquisition date
01 August 2010

Local Mars time
15:16

Latitude (centered)
23.407°

Longitude (East)
341.121°

Spacecraft altitude
286.2 km (177.9 miles)

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17.6°

Phase angle
62.8°

Solar incidence angle
46°, with the Sun about 44° above the horizon

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126.8°, Northern Summer

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Sub-solar azimuth:  12.6°
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POSTSCRIPT
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Washington. The HiRISE camera was built by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation and is operated by the University of Arizona.