Olympia Undae

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image shows part of Olympia Undae, a large sand sea located near the north polar cap. This image was collected during northern spring. As the region warms in the sun, frost is disappearing and the dark dunes are becoming more visible.

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Context

Image ID:

V60731009 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 80.399

Longitude: 211.288

Orbit Number: 60731

Captured: 2015-08-23 08:41

Posted to Web: Thu, 2015-11-12

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (19 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (68 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.018885 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0189742 km/pixel

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