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Context of Carbonate Rocks in Heavily Eroded Martian Terrain
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The color coding on this CRISM composite image of an area on Mars is based on infrared spectral information interpreted as evidence of various minerals present. Carbonate, which is indicative of a wet and non-acidic history, occurs in very small patches.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineContext of Carbonate Rocks in Heavily Eroded Martian Terrain. NASA/JPL, 2008-12-18. Public domain. ID: PIA11731.
