PIA08643: Flooded Place
This image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows gullies a portion of a flood-carved canyon within the larger Kasei Valles system on Mars. This canyon is the result of the very last flood event that poured through the Kasei valleys, long ago.
 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:  2048 x 4696 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1535  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA08643.tif (9.627 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA08643.jpg (2.312 MB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

26 July 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a portion of a flood-carved canyon within the larger Kasei Valles system on Mars. This canyon is the result of the very last flood event that poured through the Kasei valleys, long ago.

Location near: 21.1°N, 72.6°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Northern Spring

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2006-07-26