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Mars: gullies on impact crater wall

author: Nasa/JPL/MSSS/Novapix

reference: a-mar06-00103

Image Size 300 DPI: 16 * 23 cm

Gullies on the walls of a meteor impact crater in Newton Basin in Sirenum Terra, Mars. The gullies originate at a specific layer and may have formed by release of groundwater to the martian surface in geologically recent times.  

Keywords for this photo:

2001 - ASTRONOMY - FALSE COLOR - GULLY - IMPACT CRATER - MARS - MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR - NEWTON - PLANET - WATER -