East Tharsis Flows

Jet Propulsion Laboratory https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ April 16, 2005

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dark wind streaks streaming across lava flow surfaces in eastern Tharsis, west of the Kasei Valles region of Mars.

16 April 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows dark wind streaks streaming across lava flow surfaces in eastern Tharsis, west of the Kasei Valles region.

Location near: 8.5°N, 85.1°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Northern Summer

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Mars

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Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter

Instrument

Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)

Credit

NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

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