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Daedalia Streak

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a dark wind streak formed in the lee of a crater in Daedalia Planum on Mars.
PIA03573
Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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1 December 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a dark wind streak formed in the lee of a crater in Daedalia Planum. The winds responsible for the streak blew from right (east) to left (west).

Location near: 11.7°S, 136.4°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Southern Summer