Top Ten Space Pictures of 2009: Mars's "Labyrinth of the Night" Illuminated



Dunes ripple across Mars's Noctis Labyrinthus--a sprawling region of flatlands cut by canyons, troughs, and pits--in an August picture taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and released in October.



The snapshot, taken by the orbiter's HiRISE camera, shows light-colored layers of iron-bearing sulfates and clay minerals exposed near the dune field, which is close to the Martian equator.

— Image courtesy NASA/JPL/University of Arizona



Source: National Geographic

Views: 1,763
Added: 15 years ago.
Topic: 1.2.e Mars Missions