PIA08568: Memnonia Landscape
 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:  836 x 1882 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1507
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA08568.tif (1.575 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA08568.jpg (256.9 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image:

28 June 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a contact between a dust-covered plain and a dust-mantled, textured upland in the Memnonia Sulci region of Mars. The dominant landforms in this scene are yardangs-they are the product of extensive wind erosion of a relatively poorly-consolidated, sand-bearing material (e.g., deposits of volcanic ash or poorly cemented sedimentary rocks).

Location near: 9.3°S, 172.9°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Autumn

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2006-06-28