Mars Odyssey Mission THEMIS: Feature Image: Layered Deposits in Terby Crater (Released 14 February 2003)

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Location: -27.3N, 74.3E	Released: 2003-02-14
Image Size: 17.4 x 62.0 km, 1024 x 3648 px
Resolution: 17m	Instrument: VIS

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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This somewhat cloudy THEMIS visible image shows a stunning example of layered deposits in Terby crater, just north of the Hellas impact basin. Some researchers argue that layered terrain in craters were deposited by water. However, in some places, layered deposits will extend for up to a kilometer above the crater rim, leading others to conclude that they must be volcanic airfall deposits.