Description
26 March 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a portion of the stair-stepped, north wall of a crater in Arabia Terra. Light-toned slope streaks have formed as a result of avalanches in the dry, dark dust that mantles both the crater and its adjacent terrain in this scene.
Location near: 20.0°N, 324.1°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Winter
