Description
6 May 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a wind streak created in the lee -- the downwind side -- of a crater in far eastern Chryse Planitia. The winds responsible for the formation of the streak blew from the upper right (northeast) to the lower left (southwest).
Location near: 21.5°N, 27.4°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Winter
