
The main agent of erosion on Mars today is the wind. Wind has sculpted the surface in this region into a set of hills and valleys called yardangs on Earth. This image is from NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
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PIA14899
Date Created
October 11, 2011
Center
JPL
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image
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