Hematite Outlier

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

A stack of eroding sediments roughly 200 meters high contains the northeastern-most occurrence of the hematite layer that covers much of Meridiani Planum. The origin of the hematite layer is still a mystery, one that may be solved by the MER rover.

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Context

Image ID:

V08014021 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 1.1303

Longitude: 0.4549

Orbit Number: 8014

Captured: 2003-10-05 00:34

Posted to Web: Thu, 2003-10-30

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (64 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017756 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.017885 km/pixel

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