PIA03073: Flows in Kasei
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows flow materials among a suite of sharp ridges and grooves on the floor of the vast Kasei Valles system on Mars. The ridges and grooves are much older and are believed to be the result of a giant, catastrophic flood.
 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 2547 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1264  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03073.tif (2.132 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03073.jpg (442.2 kB)  

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28 October 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows flow materials (on the east/right side of the image) that have come in among a suite of sharp ridges and grooves on the floor of the vast Kasei Valles system. The ridges and grooves are much older and are believed to be the result of a giant, catastrophic flood. The flows might have been mud or lava that ran part way down the ancient valley at a later date.

Location near: 16.7°N, 76.5°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Winter

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-10-28