PIA03957: Crater with Streak
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a crater in the Memnonia region of Mars, around which has formed a wind streak.
 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:  512 x 725 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1128  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03957.tif (371.8 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03957.jpg (51.15 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

20 June 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a crater in the Memnonia region of Mars, around which has formed a wind streak. The bright streak is in the lee of the crater -- that is, it is on the crater's down-wind side. Thus, the winds responsible for the streak blew from the southeast (lower right).

Location near: 6.7°S, 141.4°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Spring

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-06-20