Yardangs

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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This region near Memnonia Sulci has been eroded by the wind to form linear ridges called yardangs. The two prominent directions of wind are recorded by the two directions of the ridges.

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Context

Image ID:

V56315015 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -10.4443

Longitude: 182.475

Orbit Number: 56315

Captured: 2014-08-24 17:30

Posted to Web: Mon, 2014-10-13

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (64 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.01758 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.017708 km/pixel

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