PIA02193: Devil-Streaked Plain
This image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dark streaks on a plain south of the giant impact basin, Hellas Planitia. The streaks map the routes traveled by dozens of individual southern spring and early summer dust devils.
 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:  672 x 1008 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1378  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA02193.tif (678.3 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA02193.jpg (135.2 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

19 February 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows dark streaks on a plain south of the giant impact basin, Hellas Planitia. The streaks map the routes traveled by dozens of individual southern spring and early summer dust devils.

Location near: 68.4°S, 296.1°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Summer

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2006-02-19