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Layered Rocks in Ritchey

May 14, 2004
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows light- and dark-toned layered rock outcrops on the floor of Ritchey Crater on Mars. Erosion has left a couple of buttes standing on a more erosion-resistant plain.

14 May 2004
This March 2004 Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows light- and dark-toned layered rock outcrops on the floor of Ritchey Crater, located near 28.9°S, 50.8°W. Some or all of these rocks may be sedimentary in origin. Erosion has left a couple of buttes standing on a more erosion-resistant plain. This picture covers an area approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) across and is illuminated by sunlight from the upper left.

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