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Layers Blanket a Crater Floor
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This image shows a layered rock formation within Jiji Crater that has eroded into buttes and stair-like layers. This formation extends west and east. Similar layered rocks are within several craters in Arabia Terra and Meridiani Planum, including Sera and Banes craters. The similarities suggest that the same process was forming deposits over a large geographic area long ago. Our image also indicates that much of the formation has eroded away relative to what has remained.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineLayers Blanket a Crater Floor. NASA/JPL, 2021-07-28. Public domain. ID: PIA24697.
