Dunes in a Crater Floor

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This image shows the floor of a crater just north of the Argyre basin in the southern hemisphere. Dark dunes have been pushed up against the northeastern interior rim of the crater, indicating that the prevailing winds blow from the southwest.

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Context

Image ID:

V06593002 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -35.7102

Longitude: 324.117

Orbit Number: 6593

Captured: 2003-06-09 23:29

Posted to Web: Wed, 2003-08-06

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (62 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017171 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.017296 km/pixel

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