Mars Odyssey Mission THEMIS: Feature Image: Erosion and wind deposition (Released 22 April 2003)

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Location: 5.3N, 350.1E	Released: 2003-04-22
Image Size: 18.4 x 65.7 km, 1024 x 3648 px
Resolution: 18m	Instrument: VIS

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

Image Context:
Context image for 20030422a

Wide Context:
Wide context image for 20030422a

Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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The streamlined buttes and mesas in this image are formed by an erosive wind that has carried away sediments from the original surface and even the rim of a small crater. Two wind directions are apparent in the buttes and mesas that cross each other at 90 degrees. Small dark dunes wind their way between the remnant towers, indicating that the work of the wind is an ongoing process.