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Gullied Slope

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows gullies formed on an equator-facing slope among mounds in Acidalia Planitia. Similar gullies occur in a variety of settings at middle and polar latitudes in both martian hemispheres.
PIA07959
Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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20 May 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows gullies formed on an equator-facing slope among mounds in Acidalia Planitia. Similar gullies occur in a variety of settings at middle and polar latitudes in both martian hemispheres.

Location near: 49.8°N, 22.7°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Summer