Crater Gullies

Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image shows part of the rim of an unnamed crater in Terra Sirenum. A group of channels dissect the rim in the center of the image. These channels are called gullies due to being on a steep slope rather than a flat river plain. In some images it is possible to see a boundary layer between the upper incised gully and a lower deposition region. The boundary marks a change in slope, the steep upper portion supports fast moving fluid that carves into the rim eroding materials. The change to a flatter slope causes the fluid to slow down and as it slows the materials carried by the fluid are deposited.

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Context

Image ID: 
V91136017 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-43.5736
206.861
91136
2022-07-01 10:26
Tue, 2022-10-04
VIS
512 pixels (17 km)
1824 pixels (61 km)
0.033597 km/pixel
0.0339781 km/pixel

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