Gullies and Boulder Tracks - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Gullies and Boulder Tracks - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
This image acquired on August 28, 2022 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows several shallow gully channels with associated debris aprons emanating from a buried layer on the interior of a crater wall.
The formation of gullies on Martian slopes is still under debate. Potential mechanisms include the melting of surface water ice, groundwater outbursts, or dry mass wasting processes (landslides). Th… [+1015 chars] Read More



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