Wind Etching

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image is located in a region that has been heavily modified by wind action. The narrow ridge/valley system seen in this image are a feature called yardangs. Yardangs form when unidirectional winds blow across poorly cemented materials. Multiple yardang directions can indicate changes in regional wind regimes.

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Context

Latitude: -0.629314

Longitude: 206.572

Orbit Number: 64188

Captured: 2016-06-03 01:20

Posted to Web: Tue, 2016-08-09

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (66 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.018116 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0180881 km/pixel

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