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Martian Fingerprints

April 9, 2005
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows patterned ground on the martian northern plains. The circular features are buried meteor impact craters; the small dark dots associated with them are boulders. Dark feature is a wind streak.

9 April 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows patterned ground on the martian northern plains. The circular features are buried meteor impact craters; the small dark dots associated with them are boulders. The dark feature at left center is a wind streak.

Location near: 75.1°N, 303.0°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Summer

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