Planet Mars: Colorful Bedrock Layers | NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Colors are enhanced in the cutout of a pit exposing reddish layers.
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured these images.
Local Mars time: 14:13
Latitude (centered): -27.797°
Longitude (East): 203.166°
Spacecraft altitude: 255.2 km (158.6 miles)
MRO is led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which is a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California.
For more information, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/mission/index.html
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
Caption Credit: Alfred McEwen
Narration: Tre Gibbs
Duration: 34 seconds
Image Date: Jan. 9, 2017
Release Date: Feb. 23, 2017
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