Dark Slope Streaks

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Dark slope streaks mark the hill sides in Lycus Sulci. These features are thought to be formed when a rock fall or other material slides down the steep face, removing the dust and revealing the darker surface below.

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Context

Image ID:

V52873011 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 26.3584

Longitude: 228.223

Orbit Number: 52873

Captured: 2013-11-14 11:57

Posted to Web: Mon, 2014-01-06

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (66 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.018363 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.018497 km/pixel

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