Dust Devil Tracks

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The dark lines in this VIS image are the tracks of dust devils in this region of Arcadia Plainitia. As the swirling winds move along the surface, they remove the dust cover, revealing the darker rock beneath.

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Context

Image ID:

V38206007 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 57.1357

Longitude: 207.174

Orbit Number: 38206

Captured: 2010-07-26 05:14

Posted to Web: Wed, 2010-09-01

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (20 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (71 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.019468 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.019609 km/pixel

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