Mars Odyssey Mission THEMIS: Feature Image: Evidence of flow? (Released 17 January 2003)

Vital Statistics
Location: 33.7N, 56.8E	Released: 2003-01-17
Image Size: 19.5 x 69.3 km, 1024 x 3648 px
Resolution: 19m	Instrument: VIS

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

Image Context:
Context image for 20030117a

Wide Context:
Wide context image for 20030117a

Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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The striations on the floor of this sinuous channel adjacent to Protonilus Mensae look like they result from the flow of lava or perhaps even glacial ice. However, it is also possible that they result from some process acting on perma- frost confined within the channel having nothing to do with flow.