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Mid-latitude Gully Features
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Caption:
10 August 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image, acquired in March 2004, shows gullies formed in the wall of a south middle-latitude crater wall near 39.7°S, 208.6°W. The banked, curved nature of the channels in each gully are among the key indicators that a fluid, such as liquid water, may have been required to form them. The picture covers an area about 3 km (1.9 mi) across and is illuminated by sunlight from the upper left.
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name | Value | Additional Values |
|---|---|---|
| Target | Mars | |
| System | ||
| Target Type | Planet | |
| Mission | Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) | |
| Instrument Host | Mars Global Surveyor | |
| Host Type | Orbiter | |
| Instrument | Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) | |
| Detector | ||
| Extra Keywords | Crater, Grayscale, Water | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 2004-08-10 | |
| Date in Caption | 2004-08-10 | |
| Image Credit | NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA06802 | |
| Identifier | PIA06802 | |
