Wind Etching

Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This image of Aeolis Planum shows the long term effect of wind on soft/poorly cemented material. Stretching from just south of Olympus Mons to Aeolis Planum is a region called the Medusa Fossae Formation. MFF is materials that are completely sculpted by the wind.

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Context

Image ID:

V24370014 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 0.7217

Longitude: 144.84

Orbit Number: 24370

Captured: 2007-06-12 15:52

Posted to Web: Thu, 2007-07-19

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (64 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.01769 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.017819 km/pixel

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