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Windswept

June 10, 2006
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a light-toned wind streak created in the lee, downwind side, of an impact crater in the Cyane Fossae region of Mars.

10 June 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a light-toned wind streak created in the lee -- the downwind side -- of an impact crater in the Cyane Fossae region of Mars. Winds blowing from the bottom (south) toward the top (north) swept this scene clean of fine, bright dust except for the dust that had accumulated in a few protected areas such as that in the lee of this crater.

Location near: 42.0°N, 125.8°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Spring

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