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Ferric oxides and sulfates in Aram Chaos


Date: 16 December 2008
Satellite: Mars Express
Depicts: Ferric oxides in Aram Chaos
Copyright: ESA/IAS/OMEGA; NASA/MGS/THEMIS; NASA/JPL/ASU; LPG Nantes/CNRS/Université de Nantes

(Left) The ferric oxide composition of a region of the Aram Chaos crater superimposed on a black and white mosaic of visible THEMIS images. (Right) The expanded view is a vertical view of a cliff bordering an eolian erosion corridor, illustrating the distribution of ferric oxides and sulfates with respect to the dome-shaped, layered formation.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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