Dark Slope Streaks

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The dark slope streak in this VIS image are located on the rim material of an unnamed crater in Terra Sabaea. These streaks are formed when gravity causes material to move downslope, revealing the darker material beneath the dust cover.

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Context

Image ID:

V34955010 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 8.59

Longitude: 20.2117

Orbit Number: 34955

Captured: 2009-10-31 06:18

Posted to Web: Mon, 2009-11-30

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (23 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (73 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.020024 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0229 km/pixel

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