Deposits in Martian Trough Point to Complex Hydrological Past
This false-color image shows dozens of beds within a light-toned
deposit located within a trough in the Noctis Labyrinthus region
of Mars. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona ›
Full image and caption December 15, 2009 Variations in
composition of light-toned deposits in troughs on Mars suggest a
diversity of water-related processes, based on analysis of
observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. › Read the
Planetary Science Institute release