JavaScript is required
JPL Logo
Image

Gullied Slope

May 20, 2005
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows gullies formed on an equator-facing slope among mounds in Acidalia Planitia. Similar gullies occur in a variety of settings at middle and polar latitudes in both martian hemispheres.

20 May 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows gullies formed on an equator-facing slope among mounds in Acidalia Planitia. Similar gullies occur in a variety of settings at middle and polar latitudes in both martian hemispheres.

Location near: 49.8°N, 22.7°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Summer

Keep Exploring