PIA08607: Ripple Belt
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows windblown materials that have collected and been shaped into large ripples in a valley in the Auqakuh Vallis system in northeastern Arabia Terra, Mars.
 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:  1536 x 4352 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1525  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA08607.tif (6.692 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA08607.jpg (606.5 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

16 July 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows windblown materials that have collected and been shaped into large ripples in a valley in the Auqakuh Vallis system in northeastern Arabia Terra, Mars.

Location near: 29.1°N, 299.6°W
Image width: ~2 km (~1.2 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Winter

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2006-07-16