Wind Texture
March 6, 2012
On Earth these wind-derived features are called 'blowouts', where the force of the wind has carved out a crescent shaped depression in soft, uncemented material like glacial loess. The features on Mars are much larger than the ones on Earth.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU
Topics:
Environment, Terrestrial planets, Mars, wind, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Loess, Blowout, depression, Glacier, Earth
