PIA07959: Gullied Slope
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows gullies formed on an equator-facing slope among mounds in Acidalia Planitia. Similar gullies occur in a variety of settings at middle and polar latitudes in both martian hemispheres.
 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:  1672 x 2033 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1097  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA07959.tif (3.403 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA07959.jpg (396.5 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

20 May 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows gullies formed on an equator-facing slope among mounds in Acidalia Planitia. Similar gullies occur in a variety of settings at middle and polar latitudes in both martian hemispheres.

Location near: 49.8°N, 22.7°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Summer

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-05-20