PIA05740: South Polar Wind Drifts
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows evidence of wind deposition of fine sediment in the form of drifts in the lee of obstacles in the martian south polar region.
 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 768 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-693  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA05740.tif (329 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA05740.jpg (45.78 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

11 April 2004
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows evidence of wind deposition of fine sediment in the form of drifts in the lee of obstacles in the martian south polar region. The picture is located near 83.4°S, 8.1°W. The image covers an area about 3 km (1.9 mi) across. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the upper left.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2004-04-11