Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Yardangs are present at the top of this VIS image. These features are created by long term winds scouring a poor cemented surface material into linear ridges and valleys. These yardangs are part of the Medusa Fossae Formation. It has been suggested that this region of Mars provides a large percentage of the surface dust seen around the planet. Ash falls from nearby volcanoes may have been the source of the surface materials eroded into these and other wind eroded landforms.

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images. 

Context

Image ID: 
V77922003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-12.7644
177.96
77922
2019-07-09 09:43
Wed, 2019-08-28
VIS
512 pixels (18 km)
1824 pixels (64 km)
0.035122 km/pixel
0.035274 km/pixel

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