PIA03043: Cerberus Flood Features
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows streamlined landforms carved by catastrophic floods that occurred in the eastern Cerberus region on Mars, some time in the distant martian past.
 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:  836 x 2253 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1252  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03043.tif (1.886 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03043.jpg (359.7 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

16 October 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows streamlined landforms carved by catastrophic floods that occurred in the eastern Cerberus region, some time in the distant martian past.

Location near: 15.1°N, 193.5°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Autumn

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-10-16