PIA08715: Windy Work
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows crescent-shaped, scooped-out hollows where wind has eroded the local bedrock in the Apollinaris Sulci region on 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:  836 x 1597 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1570  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA08715.tif (1.337 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA08715.jpg (273.7 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

30 August 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows crescent-shaped, scooped-out hollows where wind has eroded the local bedrock in the Apollinaris Sulci region.

Location near: 11.8°S, 179.5°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Southern Summer

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2006-08-30