Mid-latitude Gully Features
Caption:
10 August 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image, acquired in March 2004, shows gullies formed in the wall of a south middle-latitude crater wall near 39.7°S, 208.6°W. The banked, curved nature of the channels in each gully are among the key indicators that a fluid, such as liquid water, may have been required to form them. The picture covers an area about 3 km (1.9 mi) across and is illuminated by sunlight from the upper left.
Cataloging Keywords:
Name |
Value |
Additional Values |
Target |
Mars |
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System |
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Target Type |
Planet |
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Mission |
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) |
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Instrument Host |
Mars Global Surveyor |
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Host Type |
Orbiter |
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Instrument |
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) |
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Detector |
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Extra Keywords |
Crater, Grayscale, Water |
Acquisition Date |
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Release Date |
2004-08-10 |
Date in Caption |
2004-08-10 |
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Image Credit |
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems |
Source |
photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA06802 |
Identifier |
PIA06802 |