PIA03946: Windstreaked Plain
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a wind-streaked plain in Tharsis near the Pavonis Mons volcano on Mars. The lighter-toned surfaces show how the plain used to look, before strong winds removed much of a thin coating of dust.
 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 816 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1121  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03946.tif (549.1 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03946.jpg (88.36 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

13 June 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a wind-streaked plain in Tharsis near the Pavonis Mons volcano. The lighter-toned surfaces show how the plain used to look, before strong winds removed much of a thin coating of dust. The light-toned tails behind several craters show that the winds blew from the southwest (lower left).

Location near: 36.6°N, 88.9°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Autumn

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-06-13