Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Wind-Eroded Landscape
Original Caption Released with Image:
5 August 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a dust-mantled, wind-eroded landscape in the Medusae Sulci region of Mars. Wind eroded the bedrock in this region, and then, later, windblown dust covered much of the terrain.

Location near: 5.7°S, 160.2°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Southern Spring
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Produced By:
Malin Space Science Systems
Mission:
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Spacecraft:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
Target Name:
Mars
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Mars Orbiter Camera
Product Size:
2048 samples x 4864 lines
Producer ID:
MOC2-1174
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Surveyor
facet_what:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
facet_what:
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
August 2005
facet_when_year:
2005
Image #:
PIA04134
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA04134
orignial url:

Wind-Eroded Landscape