COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Record
Title:
Schiaparelli's Sedimentary Rocks
Original Caption Released with Image:
9 October 2004 Schiaparelli Basin is a large, 470 kilometer (~292 miles) impact crater located east of Sinus Meridiani. The basin might once have been the site of a large lake--that is, if the sedimentary rocks exposed on its northwestern floor were deposited in water. This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a 1.5 meter per pixel (5 ft per pixel) view of some of the light-toned, finely-bedded sedimentary rocks in northwestern Schiaparelli. The image is located near 1.0°S, 346.0°W, and covers an area about 3 km (1.9 mi) wide. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the left.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Produced By:
Malin Space Science Systems
Mission:
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Spacecraft:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Target Name:
Mars
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Mars Orbiter Camera
Product Size:
2048 samples x 3072 lines
Producer ID:
MOC2-874
facet_what:
Crater
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
October 2004
facet_when_year:
2004
Image #:
PIA06929
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA06929
