Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Russell Dune Gullies
Original Caption Released with Image:
5 November 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows gullies and dust devil streaks on the slopes of a large dune in Russell Crater. Gullies on martian dunes typically occur only in the Noachis Terra region, and almost exclusively form on southward-facing slopes. They might be the result of downslope movement of sand mixed with a fluid such as carbon dioxide gas or water that had been trapped as ice in the dune.

Location near: 54.6°S, 347.2°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Spring
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Produced By:
Malin Space Science Systems
Mission:
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Spacecraft:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Target Name:
Mars
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Mars Orbiter Camera
Product Size:
1024 samples x 2568 lines
Producer ID:
MOC2-1272
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Crater
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Terra
facet_what:
Surveyor
facet_what:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
facet_what:
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
November 2005
facet_when_year:
2005
Image #:
PIA03089
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA03089
orignial url:

Russell Dune Gullies