Wind Etching

Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image crosses the boundary between Elysium Planitia (top) and Terra Cimmeria (bottom). This region of Elysium Planitia has been heavily eroded by winds scouring poor cemented surface materials over thousands of years.

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images. 

Context

Image ID: 
V95056003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-7.8036
152.443
95056
2023-05-20 05:05
Fri, 2023-12-08
VIS
256 pixels (18 km)
3792 pixels (269 km)
0.071176 km/pixel
0.0721266 km/pixel

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