PIA08628: Gullied Recesses
This image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows gullies on the wall of a martian south mid-latitude impact crater. The channels in each gully head beneath an eroding overhang of layered rock.
 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 1046 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1533  
 Primary Data Set:  Cassini 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA08628.tif (703.8 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA08628.jpg (102 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

24 July 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows gullies on the wall of a martian south mid-latitude impact crater. The channels in each gully head beneath an eroding overhang of layered rock, providing support for the hypothesis that some -- if not all -- martian gullies result from release of groundwater to the surface.

Location near: 33.0°S, 213.4°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Autumn

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2006-07-24