Lycus Sulci

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Dark slope streaks are common on the ridges of Lycus Sulci. These markings are thought to be formed by the removal of the brighter dust when material is shed from the top of the ridge.

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Context

Image ID:

V47504013 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 18.5875

Longitude: 215.514

Orbit Number: 47504

Captured: 2012-08-29 16:08

Posted to Web: Thu, 2012-11-22

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (66 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.018102 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.018234 km/pixel

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