Science and Exploration

The Way the Wind Blows On Mars

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
NASA
October 3, 2022
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The Way the Wind Blows On Mars
The Way the Wind Blows On Mars
NASA

Our primary objective with this observation is to look at changes over several Mars years since earlier images we obtained in 2008.

Bidirectional wind regimes were detected here so tighter imaging will help understand when east or north blowing winds dominate. These dunes are within an impact crater in the Cerberus Fossae region, in Elysium Planitia.

ID: ESP_071733_1885
date: 14 November 2021
altitude: 276 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_071733_1885NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

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