Layers and Sand on the Floor of Schiaparelli Crater (Lat -1.321°, Long 14.653°E) Schiaparelli Crater is a 460 kilometer wide multi-ring structure. However, it is a very shallow crater, apparently filled by younger materials such as lava and/or river and wind sediments. Most of the floor is covered by a thin layer of dust, but in places where there are patches of dark sand, there is also well-exposed bedrock. This sand-bedrock association is commonly seen on Mars, and most likely, the sand is actively saltating (hopping in the wind) and kicks off the dust. In the 2011 novel The Martian by Andy Weir, and the 2015 feature film adapted from it, Schiaparelli is the landing site for Ares 4, the fourth manned mission to Mars. The protagonist, Mark Watney, an astronaut from Ares 3 who is stranded on Mars, must travel from Acidalia Planitia to Schiaparelli, a journey of 3,200 kilometres (2,000 mi). Base Image credit: @nasa @nasajpl Thanks @elekktronaut for rad tutorial on #imageinstancing #touchdesigner #cubes #cosmos #hirise #terrain #landscape #generativeart #heavens #redplanet #themartian #topography #nasa #mars #rover #space #solarsystem #artisticrepresentación (at Kolkata) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPdUXqXnAyH/?utm_medium=tumblr