Mars From Afar
Layered Rocks
Water or wind deposited the sediments that are thought to make up
these layered rock outcroppings. Wind later shaped and exposed the
layers, which on close inspection resemble those on a topographical
map. Note the dark drifts of sand in the lower center of the image,
which is illuminated by sunlight coming from the upper left. The
scene is in the bottom of an impact crater near the martian equator.