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PIA04518: Yardangs and Exhumation

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the results of wind erosion of a thick deposit of fine-grained, cemented material on Mars. The ridges oriented roughly from northwest to southeast are called yardangs

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:	540 x 810 pixels (w x h)
Produced By:	Malin Space Science Systems
Full-Res TIFF:	PIA04518.tif (438.1 kB)
Full-Res JPEG:	PIA04518.jpg (66.51 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-359, 13 May 2003

This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows the results of wind erosion of a thick deposit of fine-grained, cemented material. The ridges oriented roughly from upper left to lower right (northwest to southeast) are called yardangs. Similar features occur in some of Earth's desert regions. The flat surface with narrow, sinuous ridges at the top (north) end of the picture is interpreted to be an ancient lava plain that is being slowly revealed as the overlying materials are eroded away. This picture is located near 13.2°N, 159.9°W. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the left/lower left.

Image Credit:

NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:

2003-05-14