Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Huygens Wind Streak
Original Caption Released with Image:
19 September 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows the results of wind action on the floor of the giant martian impact basin, Huygens. The large crater in this image has a wind streak on its lee side, pointing toward the lower right (southeast). Usually, a light-toned wind streak behind a crater on Mars will be composed of a thin veneer of dust that the wind was not able to erode because it was protected by the presence of the crater's raised rims. In this case, the streak is caused by something different -- by the fact that dark, windblown sand has not been able to accumulate behind the crater.

Location near: 13.0°S, 303.7°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:
1024 samples x 3441 lines
Producer ID:
MOC2-1219
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Crater
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Surveyor
facet_what:
Huygens Probe
facet_what:
Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter (MGS)
facet_what:
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_when:
19 September 2005
facet_when_year:
2005
Image #:
PIA03005
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA03005
orignial url:

Huygens Wind Streak