Windy Work

Jet Propulsion Laboratory https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ Aug. 30, 2006

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows crescent-shaped, scooped-out hollows where wind has eroded the local bedrock in the Apollinaris Sulci region on Mars.

30 August 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows crescent-shaped, scooped-out hollows where wind has eroded the local bedrock in the Apollinaris Sulci region.

Location near: 11.8°S, 179.5°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Southern Summer

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Target

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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