PIA07130: Gullies and Sand
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows gullies running down a slope on the side of a mesa in a pit in the south polar region of Mars. The dark material in this scene is windblown sand.
 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:  1565 x 2347 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-941  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA07130.tif (3.677 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA07130.jpg (785.7 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

15 December 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows gullies running down a slope on the side of a mesa in a pit in the south polar region of Mars. The dark material in this scene is windblown sand. These landforms are located near 70.9°S, 357.3°W. The image covers an area approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) wide and is illuminated by sunlight from the upper left.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2004-12-15