Mars Odyssey Mission THEMIS: Feature Image: Dust and Sand Mixing (Released 10 November 2003)

Vital Statistics
Location: -1.4N, 10.9E	Released: 2003-11-10
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 20031110a

Wide Context:
Wide context image for 20031110a

Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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The bright and dark tones observed in this THEMIS image of part of an unnamed impact crater (85 km in diameter) near the larger impact crater Schiaparelli are due to variable amounts of bright dust and dark sand covering the surface. Wind shadows observed around small impact craters at the top of the image and small grooves and ripple-like marks observed throughout the scene illustrate dynamic and continued wind processes on Mars.