North Polar Dunes

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The appearance of the dunes in the North Polar Erg (or sand sea) changes as the seasons move from winter to summer. This summer image shows the dunes totally free of frost.

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Context

Image ID:

V38280003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 79.0826

Longitude: 245.52

Orbit Number: 38280

Captured: 2010-08-01 07:21

Posted to Web: Tue, 2010-09-07

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (20 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (72 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.01985 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.019995 km/pixel

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