Caution! Martian wind at work

Paris (ESA) Feb 24, 2022

This image from ESA's Mars Express shows part of possibly the largest single source of dust on Mars: a wind-sculpted feature known as the Medusae Fossae Formation, or MFF. The MFF is not only a veritable dust factory, but also remarkably extensive - it is the largest sedimentary deposit on the planet and stretches out discontinuously for more than 5000 km, covering an area about the size o