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South Polar Pit Gullies

March 22, 2004
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows gullies and slopes in the walls of a deep pit in the south polar region of Mars.

22 March 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows gullies and slopes in the walls of a deep pit in the south polar region. The full-resolution (1.5 m/pixel; 5 ft./pixel) image is located near 71.1°S, 358.8°W, and covers an area about 3 km (1.9 mi) across. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the lower left.

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