PIA08534: Windswept
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a light-toned wind streak created in the lee, downwind side, of an impact crater in the Cyane Fossae 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 1260 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1489  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA08534.tif (847.8 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA08534.jpg (169.1 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

10 June 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a light-toned wind streak created in the lee -- the downwind side -- of an impact crater in the Cyane Fossae region of Mars. Winds blowing from the bottom (south) toward the top (north) swept this scene clean of fine, bright dust except for the dust that had accumulated in a few protected areas such as that in the lee of this crater.

Location near: 42.0°N, 125.8°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Spring

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2006-06-10