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Utopia Plain

March 5, 2006
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a dark-toned, cratered plain in southwest Utopia Planitiaon Mars. Large, light-toned, windblown ripples reside on the floors of many of the depressions in the scene, including a long, linear, trough.

5 March 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a dark-toned, cratered plain in southwest Utopia Planitia. Large, light-toned, windblown ripples reside on the floors of many of the depressions in the scene, including a long, linear, trough.

Location near: 30.3°N, 255.3°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Winter

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