PIA06731: Rippled Mars
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows hundreds of large ripples or small dunes covering the landscape in the Terra Tyrrhena region of Mars.
 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 1008 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-802  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA06731.tif (678.3 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA06731.jpg (175.4 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

29 July 2004
Hundreds of large ripples or small dunes cover the landscape in the Terra Tyrrhena region of Mars in this Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image. The winds responsible for these dunes blew from the north-northwest (top/upper left). This scene is located near 8.8°S, 252.8°W, and covers an area about 3 km (1.9 mi) wide. Sunlight illuminates the terrain from the left.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2004-07-29