Utopia Planitia

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The dark surface markings in this image of Utopia Planitia are thought to be caused by dust devils. The markings are darker than the surroundings due to the dust devil removing material and revealing the original darker surface.

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.

Context

Image ID:

V45973006 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 50.6197

Longitude: 91.9287

Orbit Number: 45973

Captured: 2012-04-25 15:35

Posted to Web: Wed, 2012-07-18

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (19 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (70 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.019197 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.019337 km/pixel

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