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Valley Crossing

Aug. 24, 2005
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the walls and floor of a valley in the western Memnonia region of Mars. The finely-textured ridges and pits found on the valley walls and upland outside of the valley were formed by wind erosion.

24 August 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows the walls and floor of a valley in the western Memnonia region of Mars. The finely-textured ridges and pits found on the valley walls and upland outside of the valley were formed by wind erosion.

Location near: 487.5°S, 155.8°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Southern Spring

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