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Mawrth Vallis Region - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Light-toned clay bearing rocks located along the southern rim of Mawrth Vallis. These rocks are part of a thick sequence of extremely ancient rocks which have been exposed through the incision of the Mawrth Vallis canyon system. The channel running through the top portion of the image is a small tributary valley to Mawrth Vallis. The diversity of rocks within this region made it a finalist candidate landing site for the Curiosity rover, and a semifinalist landing site for the Perseverance rover.
This image was created using the CRISM imaging spectrometer. Each pixel of a CRISM image contains a 500 point spectrum, from which a color can be reconstructed. This reconstructed color was overlaid on a higher-resolution image taken with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Context Camera (CTX), which simultaneously took a photo while CRISM was collecting data.
This image was taken on January 5, 2007. It uses CRISM observation FRT00003BFB and CTX observation P03_002074_2027_XI_22N018W.
Image Credit: NASA / JPL / JHUAPL / MSSS / Aster Cowart
Mawrth Vallis Region - Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Light-toned clay bearing rocks located along the southern rim of Mawrth Vallis. These rocks are part of a thick sequence of extremely ancient rocks which have been exposed through the incision of the Mawrth Vallis canyon system. The channel running through the top portion of the image is a small tributary valley to Mawrth Vallis. The diversity of rocks within this region made it a finalist candidate landing site for the Curiosity rover, and a semifinalist landing site for the Perseverance rover.
This image was created using the CRISM imaging spectrometer. Each pixel of a CRISM image contains a 500 point spectrum, from which a color can be reconstructed. This reconstructed color was overlaid on a higher-resolution image taken with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Context Camera (CTX), which simultaneously took a photo while CRISM was collecting data.
This image was taken on January 5, 2007. It uses CRISM observation FRT00003BFB and CTX observation P03_002074_2027_XI_22N018W.
Image Credit: NASA / JPL / JHUAPL / MSSS / Aster Cowart