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Crater with Streak

June 20, 2005
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a crater in the Memnonia region of Mars, around which has formed a wind streak.

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

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