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Stream, Inverted

July 27, 2006
This image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the inverted, eroded remains of a channel, now standing as a complex ridge that runs across the middle of this scene, in dust-mantled terrain west of Sinus Meridiani, Mars.

27 July 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows the inverted, eroded remains of a channel -- now standing as a complex ridge that runs across the middle of this scene -- in dust-mantled terrain west of Sinus Meridiani, Mars. The original channel might have been carved by running water, but too little detail remains today to provide any certainty as to whether water was the culprit.

Location near: 5.6°N, 7.6°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Northern Spring

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