A light touch

A Piece of Mars: This 3.2×1.8 km (2×1.1 mi) area shows terrain covered by bright dust. Dark stripes are areas where wind has lightly scoured the surface, revealing the dark material beneath. Faint bright lines criss-cross the surface – these are tracks left by dust devils. The dust devils disturb the surface but don’t lift up enough dust to reveal the darker surface underneath. (HiRISE ESP_042691_2060, NASA/JPL/Univ. of Arizona)