Wind Erosion

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Winds in this region have modified the surface, carving valleys into a poorly cemented material. The winds in this region blew to the northeast (north is to the top of the image, and sunlight is coming from the right). These linear valleys are called yardangs.

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Context

Image ID:

V72445009 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -9.22287

Longitude: 187.05

Orbit Number: 72445

Captured: 2018-04-14 07:28

Posted to Web: Tue, 2018-07-17

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (65 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017832 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0178526 km/pixel

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