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NASA's Image and Video Library is one of the most comprehensive public archives of space imagery in the world, containing over 140,000 images, videos, and audio recordings spanning more than six decades of space exploration. From the earliest Mercury and Gemini missions through the Apollo Moon landings, the Space Shuttle era, and today's cutting-edge observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, this collection documents humanity's journey into the cosmos.

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NASA image: Memnonia Sulci
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Feb 9, 2006

Memnonia Sulci

These yardangs are being formed by wind erosion of the Memnonia Sulci deposits

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NASA image: Memnonia Texture
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Apr 23, 2006

Memnonia Texture

This MOC image shows small ridges in the Memnonia region of Mars. The ridges or yardangs, as they are called, are...

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NASA image: Elysium Winds
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Dec 23, 2005

Elysium Winds

The multiple trends of yardangs in this image indicate that the winds in the Elysium region have changed direction...

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NASA image: Under Attack
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May 7, 2006

Under Attack

This MOC image shows wind-eroded outcrops overlying lava flow surfaces located west of Olympus Mons. Outcrops with...

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NASA image: Wind Erosion
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Jul 2, 2015

Wind Erosion

Long term winds have etched the surface in Memnonia Sulci. Partial cemented surface materials are easily eroded by...

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NASA image: Meanders in Ridge Form in the Zephyria Region
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Nov 5, 2015

Meanders in Ridge Form in the Zephyria Region

In this image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft, an ancient sinuous meandering river system is...

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NASA image: Erosion
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Oct 11, 2011

Erosion

The main agent of erosion on Mars today is the wind. Wind has sculpted the surface in this region into a set of...

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NASA image: Wind Effects
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Jun 15, 2010

Wind Effects

NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey captured this region of Mars which has been eroded by the wind. Linear hills called yardangs...

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May 24, 2010

Wind Effects

Located near Amazonis Mensa, this region of Mars has undergone erosion by wind. Long linear hills being created by...

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NASA image: Layered Deposits in Western Candor Chasma
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Jan 22, 2003

Layered Deposits in Western Candor Chasma

The layered deposits in this Valles Marineris canyon imaged by NASA Mars Odyssey spacecraft are heavily eroded by...

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NASA image: A 3-D Look at Wind-Sculpted Ridges in Aeolis
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Nov 11, 2000

A 3-D Look at Wind-Sculpted Ridges in Aeolis

Layers of bedrock etched by wind to form sharp, elongated ridges known to geomorphologists as yardangs are...

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NASA image: Memnonia Sulci
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Mar 6, 2003

Memnonia Sulci

The wind-sculpted yardangs in this scene from NASA Mars Odyssey spacecraft are part of the Medusae Fossae Formation,...

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NASA image: Ejecta Remains
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Sep 5, 2006

Ejecta Remains

Only a portion of the ejecta remains around this crater. Wind action is creating yardangs and stripping off the...

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NASA image: Zephyria Planum
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Nov 22, 2010

Zephyria Planum

Eroded by countless years of wind action, the material in this region of Zephyria Planum is being sculpted into...

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NASA image: Medusae Fossae Formation
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May 21, 2002

Medusae Fossae Formation

Remarkable variations in the erosion of the Medusae Fossae Formation are shown in this scene from NASA Mars Odyssey...

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NASA image: Memnonia Sulci
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Jan 9, 2017

Memnonia Sulci

Today's VIS image shows some of the extensive wind etched terrain in Memnonia Sulci, located south west of Olympus...

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NASA image: Eumenides Dorsum
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Nov 2, 2006

Eumenides Dorsum

In this image the action of the wind is forming yardangs. The top layer of material is being removed by the wind,...

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NASA image: Memnonia Sulci
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Jun 11, 2020

Memnonia Sulci

Today's VIS image shows some of the extensive wind etched terrain in Memnonia Sulci, located southwest of Olympus...

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NASA image: Wind Erosion
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Jul 17, 2018

Wind Erosion

Winds in this region have modified the surface, carving valleys into a poorly cemented material. The winds in this...

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NASA image: Where the Wind Blows
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Sep 23, 2019

Where the Wind Blows

The lower elevation on the left side of this VIS image is part of Memnonia Sucli. The higher elevations to the right...

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NASA image: Earth observation taken by the Expedition 20 crew
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Jul 25, 2009

Earth observation taken by the Expedition 20 crew

ISS020-E-026195 (25 July 2009) --- Aorounga Impact Crater is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 20...

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NASA image: Medusae Fossae Yardangs
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Apr 15, 2003

Medusae Fossae Yardangs

The Medusae Fossae formation, seen in this NASA Mars Odyssey image, is an enigmatic pile of eroding sediments that...

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NASA image: Yardangs within a Large Crater
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Apr 29, 2010

Yardangs within a Large Crater

This image taken by NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a part of a central mound in an impact crater in Arabia...

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NASA image: Memnonia Sulci
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Jul 18, 2023

Memnonia Sulci

Today's VIS image shows some of the extensive wind etched terrain in Memnonia Sulci, located east of Apollinaris...

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NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
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