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Investigating Mars: Candor Chasma
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This image shows part of eastern Candor Chasma. In the middle of the image is a set of linear ridges and valleys. These features are called yardangs and are created by uniform winds that winnow away materials. Once the valleys are formed the wind then is funneled through the valley and erosion continues more in the valley than on the ridges. At the bottom of the valleys there are sand materials covering the slope between the valleys and the surrounding chasma floor.
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Credit lineInvestigating Mars: Candor Chasma. NASA/JPL, 2018-01-12. Public domain. ID: PIA22165.
