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PIA08628: Gullied Recesses
This MOC image shows gullies on the wall of a martian south mid-latitude impact crater. The channels in each gully head beneath an eroding overhang of layered rock
Target Name: Mars
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Spacecraft: Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Instrument: Mars Orbiter Camera
Product Size: 672 samples x 1046 lines
Produced By: Malin Space Science Systems
Producer ID: MOC2-1533
Primary Data Set: Cassini
Full-Res TIFF: PIA08628.tif (703.8 kB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA08628.jpg (102 kB)

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24 July 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows gullies on the wall of a martian south mid-latitude impact crater. The channels in each gully head beneath an eroding overhang of layered rock, providing support for the hypothesis that some -- if not all -- martian gullies result from release of groundwater to the surface.

Location near: 33.0°S, 213.4°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Autumn


Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

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