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April 10, 2006
This image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a dust devil traveling across a plain west-southwest of Schiaparelli Crater, in far eastern Sinus Meridiani. A dust devil is casting a shadow toward the northeast, just south of an egg-shaped crater.

10 April 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a dust devil traveling across a plain west-southwest of Schiaparelli Crater, in far eastern Sinus Meridiani. The dust devil is casting a shadow toward the northeast, just south (below) of an egg-shaped crater.

Location near: 6.4°S, 349.3°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Southern Summer

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