Crater Dunes

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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A sand sheet with surface dune forms fills part of the floor of this unnamed crater. Many craters in the northern plains of Vastitas Borealis contain sand sheets.

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Context

Latitude: 71.8741

Longitude: 345.094

Orbit Number: 46314

Captured: 2012-05-23 17:06

Posted to Web: Thu, 2012-08-23

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (20 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (72 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.019803 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.019947 km/pixel

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