PIA05695: Gullied Slope
 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:  1672 x 2508 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems
 Producer ID:  MOC2-671
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05695.tif (4.199 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05695.jpg (863 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

20 March 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows gullies and debris aprons in a crater near 38.5°S, 174.5°W. Gullies such as these may have formed by running water, carbon dioxide, or dry mass movement processes. Most investigators of martian gullies consider that water, whether fresh or briney, may have been involved. This picture covers an area about 3 km (1.9 mi) across. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the upper left.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2004-03-20