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Flows in Kasei

Oct. 28, 2005
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows flow materials among a suite of sharp ridges and grooves on the floor of the vast Kasei Valles system on Mars. The ridges and grooves are much older and are believed to be the result of a giant, catastrophic flood.

28 October 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows flow materials (on the east/right side of the image) that have come in among a suite of sharp ridges and grooves on the floor of the vast Kasei Valles system. The ridges and grooves are much older and are believed to be the result of a giant, catastrophic flood. The flows might have been mud or lava that ran part way down the ancient valley at a later date.

Location near: 16.7°N, 76.5°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Winter

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