The windstreaks in this VIS image are located on the lava plains between Pavonis Mons and Noctis Fossae. Streaks form on the down-wind side of positive topographic features (like hills and crater rims), indicating that the winds which created these streaks blew to the north east in this region.
Orbit Number: 53285 Latitude: -1.22511 Longitude: 255.604 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-12-18 07:48
Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State University
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