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PIA08744: Rippled Labyrinth
This MOC image shows light-toned ripples covering the floors of troughs in the Adamas Labyrinthus region of northern Elysium Planitia
Target Name: Mars
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Spacecraft: Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Instrument: Mars Orbiter Camera
Product Size: 672 samples x 1442 lines
Produced By: Malin Space Science Systems
Producer ID: MOC2-1579
Full-Res TIFF: PIA08744.tif (970.2 kB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA08744.jpg (183.7 kB)

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8 September 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows light-toned ripples covering the floors of troughs in the Adamas Labyrinthus region of northern Elysium Planitia. The ripple crests generally run perpendicular to the trend of each trough, indicating that the dominant winds involved in shaping these ripples blow up and down, through the troughs, independent of the direction of winds that blow across the plains outside the troughs.

Location near 32.7°N, 251.1°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Spring


Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

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