Polar Dunes

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Spring in the northern polar region means the return of the sun. This image shows a small portion of the north polar sand sea, an immense region of sand dunes. The dunes are just starting to shed their winter frost and will darken as spring becomes summer and the dark sand is revealed.

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images. 

Context

Image ID: 
V28338003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
82.0624
182.332
28338
2008-05-04 08:44
Fri, 2008-06-20
VIS
1024 pixels (20 km)
3648 pixels (72 km)
0.019764 km/pixel
0.019908 km/pixel

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