First Hi-res pics of Mars

[faceless]

This sub-image covers a small portion of the floor of Ius Chasma, one branch of the giant Valles Marineris system of canyons. The image illustrates a variety of processes that have shaped the Martian surface. There are bedrock exposures of layered materials, which could be sedimentary rocks deposited in water or from the air. Some of the bedrock has been faulted and folded, perhaps the result of large-scale forces in the crust or from a giant landslide. The darker unit of material at right includes many rocks. The image resolves rocks as small as 90 cm (3 feet) in diameter. At bottom right are a few dunes or ridges of windblown sand. If a person was located on this part of Mars, he or she would just barely be visible in this image.

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quite impressive, for a pile of rocks!

[IRiSHMaFIA]

wow nice closeup picture. That's facinating to look at even though it is a pile of rocks like you said, but to know what it is really makes it brilliant.

[fritz]

That is simply amazing. I wish I could live long enough to see some one land and return from Mars.

[Skylace]

I just love looking at these. It amazes me what else is out there in the world!

[eefanincan]