PIA07842: East Tharsis Flows
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dark wind streaks streaming across lava flow surfaces in eastern Tharsis, west of the Kasei Valles 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 1038 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1063  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA07842.tif (698.5 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA07842.jpg (108.2 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

16 April 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows dark wind streaks streaming across lava flow surfaces in eastern Tharsis, west of the Kasei Valles region.

Location near: 8.5°N, 85.1°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Northern Summer

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2005-04-16