Wind Erosion

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image shows the surface between Aeolis Planum and Zephyria Planum in Elysium Planitia. Long term winds have eroded the surface in this region. Features align with wind direction, in this case the winds are southeast/northwest in trend.

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Context

Image ID:

V96903003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -2.76141

Longitude: 147.55

Orbit Number: 96903

Captured: 2023-10-19 07:00

Posted to Web: Tue, 2024-04-09

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 256 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3792 pixels (271 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.071536 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0727234 km/pixel

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