
Alluvial fans are gently-sloping wedges of sediments deposited by flowing water. Some of the best-preserved alluvial fans on Mars are in Saheki Crater, seen here by NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.
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PIA20538
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March 23, 2016
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JPL
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