File:ESP 011277 1825.jpg

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English: This image shows layered sedimentary rocks and ripples that fill and surround an impact crater in Meridiani Planum. These layered deposits may have formed through the accumulation of sediment that were transported into this crater by blowing wind or flowing water.
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Source This is a HiRISE image of a crater rim inside the crater, from url=http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_011277_1825.
Author NASA/JPL/University of Arizona, text by Jennifer Griffes.
Camera location2° 13′ 15.6″ N, 2° 32′ 42″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

The crater interior contains a sequence of layers that are remnants of the material that originally filled in the crater. These sediments form an extensive deposit that once covered the floor of the surrounding region.

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