PIA08065: Stack of Layers at 'Payson' in Meridiani Planum


Stack of Layers at ‘Payson’ in Meridiani Planum

Caption:

The stack of fine layers exposed at a ledge called "Payson" on the western edge of "Erebus Crater" in Mars' Meridiani Planum shows a diverse range of primary and secondary sedimentary textures formed billions of years ago. These structures likely result from an interplay between windblown and water-involved processes.

The panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity acquired the exposures for this image on the rover's 749th Martian day (March 3, 2006) This view is an approximately true-color rendering mathematically generated from separate images taken through all of the left Pancam's 432-nanometer to 753-nanometer filters.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Instrument Host Spirit (MER-A) Opportunity (MER-B)
Host Type Rover
Instrument Panoramic Camera (Pancam)
Detector
Extra Keywords Color, Crater, Water
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2006-04-11
Date in Caption 2006-03-03
Image Credit NASA/JPL/Cornell
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08065
Identifier PIA08065