PIA00805: Crommelin Crater #2
Rare tear-shaped dark dunes in this 6.4 x 7.0 km image (frame 10004) centered near 47 degrees south, 341 degrees west, taken by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter.
 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:  645 x 701 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-33C P49735 MRPS87579  
 Addition Date:  1998-03-13 
 Other  
Information: 		 Science Magazine Article 
 Primary Data Set:  MGS EDRs 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA00805.tif (224.5 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA00805.jpg (87.85 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

Rare tear-shaped dark dunes in this 6.4 x 7.0 km image (frame 10004) centered near 47 degrees south, 341 degrees west.

Figure caption from Science Magazine.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
1998-03-13