PIA04806: Large Windblown Ripples
 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:  1677 x 2515 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA04806.tif (4.223 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA04806.jpg (903.3 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-519, 20 October 2003

This April 2003 Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) high resolution image shows a depression in the martian southern cratered highlands near 1.3°S, 244.3°W. The floor of the depression and some nearby craters are covered by large windblown ripples or small sand dunes. This image of ancient martian terrain covers an area 3 km (1.9 mi) across and is illuminated by sunlight from the upper left.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2003-10-22