Niger Vallis

Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Named for a great river in Africa, the martian version is a system of eroding channels that empties into the Hellas impact basin. One style of erosion is evident in this image, where the upper branches of the Niger are merging. Some process weakens the crust until it founders, producing large slump blocks that continue to erode. This process enlarges the channels and ultimately may lead to a single upper channel.

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Context

Image ID: 
V07737005 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-34.7249
92.5609
7737
2003-09-12 03:34
Wed, 2003-09-24
VIS
1024 pixels (17 km)
3648 pixels (62 km)
0.017078 km/pixel
0.017202 km/pixel

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