Mars, The Moon & More
HiRISE / MRO : ESP_026570_2025 "Layered Bedrock in the Nili Fossae Region"
The Nili Fossae region contains some of the best exposures of ancient bedrock on Mars.
Acquisition date
27 March 2012
Local Mars time
15:05
Latitude (centered)
22.398°
Longitude (East)
77.882°
Spacecraft altitude
280.6 km (174.4 miles)
Original image scale range
from 28.2 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) to 56.5 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning)
Source:
This Central Crop of the fullsize image shows a stack of nearly horizontal layers. These layers might record how the environment on ancient Mars changed over time, and would be a good site for future exploration by a rover.
Ancient bedrock can be tilted, folded, and generally complicated and difficult to understand
HiRISE / MRO : ESP_026570_2025 "Layered Bedrock in the Nili Fossae Region"
The Nili Fossae region contains some of the best exposures of ancient bedrock on Mars.
Acquisition date
27 March 2012
Local Mars time
15:05
Latitude (centered)
22.398°
Longitude (East)
77.882°
Spacecraft altitude
280.6 km (174.4 miles)
Original image scale range
from 28.2 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) to 56.5 cm/pixel (with 2 x 2 binning)
Source:
This Central Crop of the fullsize image shows a stack of nearly horizontal layers. These layers might record how the environment on ancient Mars changed over time, and would be a good site for future exploration by a rover.
Ancient bedrock can be tilted, folded, and generally complicated and difficult to understand