PIA07970: Martian Valley
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a portion of a martian valley, perhaps long, long ago carved by a liquid such as water, in northern Terra Cimmeria on Mars. The floor is covered with large, light-toned, windblown ripples.
 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:  672 x 1382 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1098  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA07970.tif (929.9 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA07970.jpg (132.4 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

21 May 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a portion of a martian valley, perhaps long, long ago carved by a liquid such as water, in northern Terra Cimmeria. The channel that might have once run down through the valley is no longer visible; the floor is covered with large, light-toned, windblown ripples.

Location near: 5.7°S, 227.6°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Winter

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-05-21