Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Windblown Dunes
Original Caption Released with Image:
6 August 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows shows a suite of small, dark sand dunes on the floor of a crater in western Arabia Terra. The winds responsible for these dunes generally blow from the east/southeast (right/lower right).

Location near: 6.3°N, 349.6°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Northern Summer
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 1661 lines
Producer ID:
MOC2-1175
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Crater
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Terra
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 #:
PIA04135
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA04135
orignial url:

Windblown Dunes