Yardangs on Mars. Satellite image of the surface of Mars, showing yardangs in the area known as Arsinoes Chaos. A yardang is a streamlined hill made o

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Yardangs on Mars. Satellite image of the surface of Mars, showing yardangs in the area known as Arsinoes Chaos. A yardang is a streamlined hill made of loose rock and bedrock that has been shaped by wind erosion. Imaged by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) satellite, on 4th January 2015.

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Size: 3742px × 2339px
Photo credit: © NASA/JPL-CALTECH/UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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