Tag Archives: linear gullies

HiRISE: Gullies in a crater in Acidalia Planitia

Posted on August 7, 2018 by rburnham

Gullies in a crater in Acidalia Planitia. The objective of this observation is to examine gullies on the north wall of a crater. The slope looks quite steep and the gullies are fairly straight. Beautiful Mars series. [More at links]

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HiRISE: Sliding ice block dunes

Posted on July 13, 2017 by rburnham

Sliding ice block dunes. Beautiful Mars series.

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HiRISE: So long in the making

Posted on April 27, 2015 by rburnham

So long in the making. While monitoring gullies through a Mars year (which is 687 days), we might also see fresh frost deposits.Beautiful Mars series.

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Dry ice slabs carve linear grooves down Mars dunes

Posted on June 12, 2013 by rburnham

The “megadune” in Russell Crater features linear grooves or gullies a few meters wide, a meter or two deep, and roughly a kilometer or two long.

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