Mars Burns Cliff
August 7, 2012
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity studied layers in the Burns Cliff slope of Endurance Crater in 2004. The layers show different types of deposition of sulfate-rich sediments. Opportunity's panoramic camera recorded this image.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell
Topics:
Environment, Opportunity rover, Margaritifer Sinus quadrangle, Mars Exploration Rover, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Endurance, Rover, Scientific information from the Mars Exploration Rover mission, Meridiani Planum, Mars
