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Gullies and Sand

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows gullies running down a slope on the side of a mesa in a pit in the south polar region of Mars. The dark material in this scene is windblown sand.
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Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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15 December 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows gullies running down a slope on the side of a mesa in a pit in the south polar region of Mars. The dark material in this scene is windblown sand. These landforms are located near 70.9°S, 357.3°W. The image covers an area approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) wide and is illuminated by sunlight from the upper left.