Science and Exploration

Dipping Layers In Centauri Montes On Mars

By Keith Cowing
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NASA
August 31, 2023
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Dipping Layers In Centauri Montes On Mars
Centauri Montes
NASA

The objective of this observation is to examine some sets of dipping layers along a mesa in Centauri Montes.

Pictures like this will help us determine the horizontal extent of these features which are supposed to be the remains of an ice-rich unit that was widespread in the past.

ID: ESP_074017_1380
date: 11 May 2022
altitude: 254 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074017_1380NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

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