Dust Devil Tracks

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image shows dust devil tracks in Argyre Planitia. The dark streaks are made by dust devil activity scouring the surface and removing the lighter toned dust to reveal the darker rocky surface below.

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Context

Image ID:

V66386001 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -46.532

Longitude: 314.96

Orbit Number: 66386

Captured: 2016-12-01 02:09

Posted to Web: Mon, 2017-01-23

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (63 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017469 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0173681 km/pixel

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