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PIA03957: Crater with Streak
Crater with Streak
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: 512 samples x 725 lines
Produced By: Malin Space Science Systems
Producer ID: MOC2-1128
Full-Res TIFF: PIA03957.tif (371.8 kB)
Full-Res JPEG: PIA03957.jpg (51.15 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

20 June 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a crater in the Memnonia region of Mars, around which has formed a wind streak. The bright streak is in the lee of the crater -- that is, it is on the crater's down-wind side. Thus, the winds responsible for the streak blew from the southeast (lower right).

Location near: 6.7°S, 141.4°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Spring


Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

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