27 July 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows
the inverted, eroded remains of a channel -- now standing as a complex
ridge that runs across the middle of this scene -- in dust-mantled terrain
west of Sinus Meridiani, Mars. The original channel might have been carved
by running water, but too little detail remains today to provide any
certainty as to whether water was the culprit.
Location near: 5.6°N, 7.6°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Northern Spring