PIA03933: Elysium Windstreaks
Target Name: Mars
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey
Spacecraft: 2001 Mars Odyssey
Instrument: THEMIS
Product Size: 863 x 1323 pixels (width x height)
Produced By: Arizona State University
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Windstreaks are features caused by the interaction of wind and topographic landforms. The raised rims and bowls of impact craters causes a complex interaction such that the wind vortex in the lee of the crater can both scour away the surface dust and deposit it back in the center of the lee. If you look closely, you will see evidence of this in a darker "rim" enclosing a brighter interior.

These windstreaks are located on the lava flows of the Elysium volcanic complex.

Image information: VIS instrument. Latitude 22.7, Longitude 136.6 East (223.4 West). 36 meter/pixel resolution.



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NASA/JPL/Arizona State University

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