Mars Odyssey Mission THEMIS: Feature Image: Wind Effects in Tharsis (Released 24 July 2003)

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Location: -5.0N, 200.3E	Released: 2003-07-24
Image Size: 18.4 x 65.7 km, 1024 x 3648 px
Resolution: 18m	Instrument: VIS

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

Image Context:
Context image for 20030724a

Wide Context:
Wide context image for 20030724a

Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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Located on the western slope of the Tharsis volcanic bulge, this landscape shows the effect of the large-scale wind regime of the region. The northwest/southeast trending yardangs may have been eroded by winds from both directions, but there are some indicators, primarily on the lower left mesa, that the the streamlined forms resulted from downslope (to the northwest) winds.