PIA05807: Daedalia Streak
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a dark wind streak on the lee (downwind) side of a small meteor impact crater in western Daedalia Planum on Mars. The substrate in this region consists of large lava flows.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) 
 Spacecraft:  Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
 Instrument:  Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) 
 Product Size:  1008 x 1512 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-708  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05807.tif (1.526 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05807.jpg (364.4 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

26 April 2004

This April 2004 Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a dark wind streak on the lee (downwind) side of a small meteor impact crater in western Daedalia Planum. The substrate in this region consists of large lava flows (larger than the image shown here). The winds responsible for the streak came from the east/northeast (right). This picture is located near 15.4°S, 138.1°W, and covers an area about 3 km (1.9 mi) across. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the upper left.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2004-04-26