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Martian Gullies

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows gullies cut into layered rock and debris on the wall of a south middle-latitude crater on Mars.
PIA04146
Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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13 August 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows gullies cut into layered rock and debris on the wall of a south middle-latitude crater. Gullies such as these are common at middle latitudes and may have required water to form.

Location near: 41.1°S, 204.8°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Spring