Gullies

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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While craters are most often the site of gully formation on Mars, other topography supports gully formation. Mega-gullies are found on the southwestern parts of Vallis Marineris, and here, on hills east of Argyre Planitia.

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Context

Image ID:

V42133004 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -47.1054

Longitude: 330.081

Orbit Number: 42133

Captured: 2011-06-14 12:10

Posted to Web: Mon, 2011-07-11

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (62 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017055 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.017179 km/pixel

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