The force of moving water from a flood carved these teardrop-shaped islands within Granicus Valles, imaged here by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft. The orientation of the islands can be used as an indicator of the direction the water flowed.

The force of moving water from a flood carved these teardrop-shaped islands within Granicus Valles, imaged here by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft. The orientation of the islands can be used as an indicator of the direction the water flowed.
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