24 September 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows
the contact between a group of yardangs, tapered ridges formed by the
removal of relatively easily-eroded material (e.g., sedimentary rock) and
a concentration of dark-toned windblown sand on the floor of a crater in
the Terra Sabaea region of Mars.
Location near: 1.4°N, 333.9°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Northern Spring
