PIA03753: Gullies and Streaks on Crater wall Kaiser
 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 878 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems
 Producer ID:  MOC2-308
 Primary Data Set:  MGS EDRs
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03753.tif (730.2 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03753.jpg (133 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows gullies emergent from a specific layer in the wall of an ancient crater within a much larger crater, Kaiser. Located at 46.4°S, 341.4°W, this picture obtained in early southern summer also shows a plethora of dark, and in some places squiggly, streaks. The streaks are thought to have been formed by the passage of dust devils that removed or disrupted a thin coating of dust from the surface. Such streaks commonly form at martian middle latitudes in late spring and early summer. The gullies in the crater wall were likely eroded by a fluid, perhaps water. This picture was obtained in January 2002; it covers an area 3 km (1.9 mi) across and is illuminated from the upper left.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/MSSS

Image Addition Date:
2002-04-23