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Breaking Trail

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows gullies in the north wall of a crater south of Proctor Crater in Noachis Terra on Mars. Dark streaks cutting across the scene were formed by passing dust devils.
PIA08486
Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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25 May 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows gullies in the north wall of a crater south of Proctor Crater in Noachis Terra. To form, the gullies might have required liquid water. Dark streaks cutting across the scene were formed by passing dust devils.

Location near: 51.4°S, 331.4°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Summer