Medusa Fossae Formation

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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The materials that make up the Medusa Fossae Formation are easily eroded by the wind. Over the millenia the wind has sculpted the surface into new textures.

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Context

Image ID:

V19127001 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -1.5868

Longitude: 218.375

Orbit Number: 19127

Captured: 2006-04-06 21:35

Posted to Web: Thu, 2006-09-07

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (63 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017512 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.01764 km/pixel

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