Nirgal Vallis

Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Upper reaches of Nirgal Vallis. This valley network is one of the longest on Mars and this image captures the sapping morphology (alcoves, stubby tributaries) associated with this channel. However, it is not clear how this channel formed (ground water sapping vs rain/snowmelt surface runoff). The last geomorphic process to occur is the one best preserved but it should be noted that earlier processes may have been modified and or wiped out.

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Context

Image ID: 
V07617003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-27.3521
314.435
7617
2003-09-02 06:27
Tue, 2003-09-16
VIS
1024 pixels (17 km)
3648 pixels (62 km)
0.01719 km/pixel
0.017315 km/pixel

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