PIA03955: South Hemisphere Gullies
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Spacecraft:  Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
 Instrument:  Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
 Product Size:  1280 x 1773 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1126
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03955.tif (2.272 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03955.jpg (460.2 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

18 June 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a 1.5 meters per pixel view of gullies formed in material on the walls of an impact crater in the martian southern hemisphere. A liquid, laden with debris, poured down these slopes to form the gullies. Gully erosion cut through a thick mantle that covers the original crater wall, and then cut into the old wall itself. The source of the liquid might have been within the layered material exposed in the crater walls.

Location near: 46.6°S, 151.8°W
Image width: ~2 km (~1.2 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Spring

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-06-18