Surface Area Near Cape Verde

Surface Area Near Cape Verde, a photo by Lunar and Planetary Institute on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took some time during its winter science campaign to image the surface of Victoria Crater as it drove closer to the Cape Verde cliff face. This false color image, taken a couple sols (martian days) after the Martian solstice (Sol 1570-1571), shows weathered rocks and abundant sand-size sediment on the surface just below the rim of Victoria Crater. Rock fragments on the surface show thin sediment beds indicative of aeolian or possibly aqueous deposition. Small ripples and wind tails on the sandy surface may be evidence of more recent wind-related processes at work.