Herschel Dunes

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The dunes in this VIS image are located on the floor of Herschel Crater. The wind is blowing southward across the two small craters at the top of the image. The turbulent vortex in the lee of the craters keeps the surface free of sand and sand dunes.

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Context

Image ID:

V26418005 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -15.4523

Longitude: 131.927

Orbit Number: 26418

Captured: 2007-11-28 04:57

Posted to Web: Tue, 2008-03-11

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (63 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.017422 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.017549 km/pixel

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