Eroded Ejecta

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The ejecta material of the impact crater observed in this THEMIS image is partly eroded as the trend of a regional geologic unit is beginning to emerge from beneath the blanket. The aligned texture is caused by wind erosion which formed yardangs.

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Context

Image ID:

V05810009 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 8.7784

Longitude: 202.458

Orbit Number: 5810

Captured: 2003-04-06 14:19

Posted to Web: Thu, 2003-05-01

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (65 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017926 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.018056 km/pixel

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