PIA07032: Reull Vallis Floor
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the odd patterns of erosion on the floor of Reull Vallis, a major valley system in the martian southern hemisphere. Circular features may have been meteor craters that were eroded and deformed by erosive processes.
 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:  1024 x 1536 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-901  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA07032.tif (1.575 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA07032.jpg (435.2 kB)  

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This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows the odd patterns of erosion on the floor of Reull Vallis, a major valley system east of the Hellas Basin in the martian southern hemisphere. Somewhat circular features in this image may have once been meteor craters that were eroded and deformed by erosive processes. This image is located near 42.1°S, 254.5°W. The picture covers an area about 3 km (1.9 mi) wide. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the upper left.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2004-11-05