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Ripple Belt

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows windblown materials that have collected and been shaped into large ripples in a valley in the Auqakuh Vallis system in northeastern Arabia Terra, Mars.
PIA08607
Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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16 July 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows windblown materials that have collected and been shaped into large ripples in a valley in the Auqakuh Vallis system in northeastern Arabia Terra, Mars.

Location near: 29.1°N, 299.6°W
Image width: ~2 km (~1.2 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Winter