North Polar Dunes

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The dunes in this image are part of the dune field that encircles a large portion of the northern pole. There is less sand available in this region of the dune field, resulting in individual dunes rather than the dense dunes seen elsewhere in the dune field.

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Context

Image ID:

V46733024 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 78.2657

Longitude: 147.577

Orbit Number: 46733

Captured: 2012-06-27 04:47

Posted to Web: Mon, 2012-09-17

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (20 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (71 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.019683 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.019827 km/pixel

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