Dunes on the Move

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

These small, dark dunes in Ruza Crater are moving from the crater floor to the crater rim. With the passage of time and continued wind activity the leading dunes will exit the crater completely.

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Context

Image ID: 
V23267006 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-34.1363
307.1
23267
2007-03-13 18:31
Wed, 2007-05-23
VIS
1024 pixels (17 km)
3648 pixels (62 km)
0.017233 km/pixel
0.017359 km/pixel

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