Polar Dunes

Scaled Image

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The dunes in this polar crater are starting to darken as the sun warms the surface and the frost sublimates (becomes gas).

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Context

Image ID: 
V28342004 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
79.2162
61.0619
28342
2008-05-04 16:39
Mon, 2008-06-23
VIS
1024 pixels (20 km)
3648 pixels (71 km)
0.019707 km/pixel
0.01985 km/pixel

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