PIA08703: Archangel's Dunes
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dark sand dunes in Arkhangelsky Crater on Mars. The steepest slopes on these dunes, their slip faces, point toward the northeast (upper right), indicating formative winds from the southwest.
 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:  1024 x 1764 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1564  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA08703.tif (1.808 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA08703.jpg (270.2 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

24 August 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows dark sand dunes in Arkhangelsky Crater, named for A. D. Arkhangelsky (1879-1940), an influential, early Russian geologist. The steepest slopes on these dunes, their slip faces, point toward the northeast (upper right), indicating formative winds from the southwest.

Location near: 41.3°S, 25.0°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Autumn

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2006-08-24