PIA08668: Weepy Crater


Weepy Crater

Caption:

11 August 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows gullies -- all of which head at the same level -- on a south mid-latitude crater wall. At the 6 meters (~20 feet) per pixel scale at which this image was obtained, the gullies almost appear as if they are the product of a "weeping layer," a porous layer of rock through which a liquid such as water may have percolated until it came to the martian surface at this crater wall, then flowed downslope, toward the crater floor.

Location near : 34.0°S, 208.4°W
Image width : ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from : upper left
Season : Southern Autumn

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 2006-08-12
Date in Caption 2006-08-11
Image Credit NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08668
Identifier PIA08668