Fractured Ground

April 20, 2005

$NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a wind ripple-filled trough, a fracture in a rugged and pitted plain, located northwest of Kasei Valles in the Nilus Chaos region of Mars.$

20 April 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a wind ripple-filled trough, a fracture in a rugged and pitted plain, located northwest of Kasei Valles in the Nilus Chaos region.

Location near: 26.3°N, 78.8°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Summer

Fractured Ground

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