Dust Devil Tracks

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The faint dark lines in this VIS image are caused by dust devils. As the dust devil travels along the surface it scours away the loose surface dust, revealing the darker surface beneath. These dust devil tracks are located in an unnamed crater southeast of Hellas Planitia.

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Context

Latitude: -57.4377

Longitude: 89.312

Orbit Number: 100337

Captured: 2024-07-28 00:40

Posted to Web: Thu, 2024-12-19

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (62 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.034113 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.034417 km/pixel

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