Wind Texture

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This region on the north end of Gordii Dorsum has an odd texture. Wind the the main source of erosion in this region, so the unusual texture may indicate that the surface material in this region is different from nearby regions.

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Context

Image ID:

V38742054 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 9.71192

Longitude: 215.534

Orbit Number: 38742

Captured: 2010-09-08 08:45

Posted to Web: Wed, 2010-10-06

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (65 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.01794 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.018071 km/pixel

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