Dark Slope Streaks

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image shows dark slope streaks in an unnamed crater in Terra Sabaea. These features are believed to be formed by material moving downslope, removing the dust cover and revealing darker material.

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Context

Image ID:

V56045004 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 11.9172

Longitude: 46.5184

Orbit Number: 56045

Captured: 2014-08-02 12:09

Posted to Web: Fri, 2014-08-29

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (65 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017967 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.018098 km/pixel

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