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Erosional window carved in sedimentary rock, Hellas Basin region |
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Date: 06 December 2016
This image, taken by the context camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows an erosional window in part of a region north of Hellas Basin on Mars.
Erosional windows allow scientists to reconstruct the stratigraphy of regions beneath the surface and to estimate erosion rates for the area being studied.
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Last Update: 06 December 2016 For further information please contact: SciTech.editorial@esa.int |
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