Dark slope streak

id: dark-slope-streak-169-4802303
title: Dark slope streak
text: Dark slope streaks are narrow, avalanche-like features common on dust-covered slopes in the equatorial regions of Mars. They form in relatively steep terrain, such as along escarpments and crater walls. Although first recognized in Viking Orbiter images from the late 1970s, dark slope streaks were not studied in detail until higher-resolution images from the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft became available in the late 1990s and 2000s. The physical proc
brand slug: wiki
category slug: encyclopedia
description: Surface feature of Mars
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_slope_streak
date created: 2009-04-01T19:15:58Z
date modified: 2024-08-31T15:19:18Z
main entity: {"identifier":"Q5223552","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5223552"}
image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Slope_Streaks_in_Acheron_Fossae_on_Mars.jpg","width":2560,"height":1920}
fields total: 13
integrity: 16

Related Entries

Explore Next Part