Mars: Spectacular Layers Exposed in Becquerel Crater | PIA03211 | |||
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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems | ||||
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Toward
the end of its Primary Mapping Mission, the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) acquired one of its most spectacular pictures
of layered sedimentary rock exposed within the ancient crater Becquerel.
Pictures such as this one from January 25, 2001, underscore the fact that
you never know from one day to the next what the next MOC images will
uncover. While the Primary Mission ends January 31, 2001, thousands of
new pictures---revealing as-yet-unseen terrain on the red planet---may
be obtained during the Extended Mission phase, scheduled to run to at
least April 2002. |
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