Aeolian Landscape: Jezero Crater, Mars. Mission Sol 1234 from site 56.3438. MastCam-Z at maximum zoom (110 mm). A cropped mosaic assembled from 2 overlapping images, the images are from a larger sequence acquired by the rover. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

  • paulhammond5155@lemmy.worldOP
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    3 months ago

    Try zooming in and check out the fringing at the edges of many of those rocks. They are ventifacts, carved by the by wind blown sand over eons. Ventifacts are formed by aeolian processes, hence the title. ☺️