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Crater in Daedalia

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows an impact crater in western Daedalia Planum on Mars, with a wind streak around it.
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Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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20 July 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows an impact crater in western Daedalia Planum, around which has developed a wind streak that runs off to the west (left) of the image. The winds responsible for the streak came from the east (right).

Location near: 11.2°S, 139.5°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Spring