PIA08647: Stream, Inverted
This image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the inverted, eroded remains of a channel, now standing as a complex ridge that runs across the middle of this scene, in dust-mantled terrain west of Sinus Meridiani, Mars.
 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:  1024 x 1704 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1536  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA08647.tif (1.747 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA08647.jpg (296.3 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

27 July 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows the inverted, eroded remains of a channel -- now standing as a complex ridge that runs across the middle of this scene -- in dust-mantled terrain west of Sinus Meridiani, Mars. The original channel might have been carved by running water, but too little detail remains today to provide any certainty as to whether water was the culprit.

Location near: 5.6°N, 7.6°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:
2006-07-27