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Gullies Galore

This NASA Mars Global Surveyor image shows an array of gullies in the north-northwest wall of a crater in Terra Cimmeria.
PIA08105
Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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27 April 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows an array of gullies in the north-northwest wall of a crater in Terra Cimmeria. These features may have been formed through the interaction of several processes including, but not limited to, mass wasting and/or seepage and runoff of groundwater.

Location near: 33.5°S, 207.2°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Summer