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East Arabia Mesas

Oct. 30, 2005
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows mesas and other eroded landforms in eastern Arabia Terra, near Huo Hsing Vallis on Mars. Arabia Terra is generally a cratered terrain that has been severely eroded.

30 October 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows mesas and other eroded landforms in eastern Arabia Terra, near Huo Hsing Vallis. Arabia Terra is generally a cratered terrain that has been severely eroded, although the causes of the erosion -- and where all the material went when it was removed -- are not known.

Location near: 27.3°N, 293.2°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Summer

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