Sand Dunes

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image shows a field of sand dunes in an unnamed crater located in Margaritifer Terra. Most sand dunes on Mars are made of dark basaltic sands.

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Context

Image ID:

V78228003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 6.60598

Longitude: 346.706

Orbit Number: 78228

Captured: 2019-08-03 14:35

Posted to Web: Mon, 2019-09-16

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (66 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.036373 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0368338 km/pixel

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