PIA06391: Martian Gullies
 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:  1254 x 1881 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems
 Producer ID:  MOC2-787
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA06391.tif (2.362 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA06391.jpg (422.5 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

14 July 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows gullies with banked and somewhat sinuous channels and inner channels cut into the wall of a south middle-latitude crater near 46.6°S, 175.7°W. Banked channels are among the key evidence suggesting that some martian gullies involved flowing fluids with all of the physical properties of liquid water. The image covers an area about 2.3 km (1.4 mi) wide, and is illuminated by sunlight from the left.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2004-07-14