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Wind Erosion

March 11, 2013
Wind has played a large role in sculpting the complex features in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft. This image is located north of Gusev Crater.
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Wind has played a large role in sculpting the complex features in today's VIS image. This image is located north of Gusev Crater.

Orbit Number: 49454 Latitude: -12.3656 Longitude: 176.625 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-02-06 01:56

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

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