Dark Slope Streaks

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

All three of these craters in Arabia Terra contain numerous dark slope streaks. The dark streaks mark where dusty material has been removed, revealing the darker material below. Small dust, dirt, or rock avalanches likely produce these marks.

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Context

Image ID: 
V26471027 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
19.0736
18.7117
26471
2007-12-02 15:29
Fri, 2008-03-14
VIS
1024 pixels (18 km)
3648 pixels (66 km)
0.01824 km/pixel
0.018373 km/pixel

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