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Exhumed Flows

March 13, 2005
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows exhumation of flow surfaces from beneath a material that was eroded by wind in the Cerberus/Zephyria region of Mars.

13 March 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows exhumation of flow surfaces from beneath a material that was eroded by wind in the Cerberus/Zephyria region. The origin of the flow material has been a subject of debate among Mars scientists; it may have been very fluid lava or mud flows. In either case the material was buried for some time.

Location near: 34.2°N, 207.9°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Northern Summer

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