PIA07940: Athabasca Streamlines
 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:  672 x 2000 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1088
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA07940.tif (1.346 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA07940.jpg (233.8 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

11 May 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows streamlined landforms carved by catastrophic floods in the Athabasca Valles system of the Cerberus region of Mars.

Location near: 7.9°N, 205.7°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Autumn

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-05-11