Rabe Crater Dunes

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

The large sand sheet with surface dune forms seen in this VIS image is located on the complex floor of Rabe Crater. The sand is likely derived by erosion into the deposit that fills most of the crater floor, creating a pit which hosts the dunes. This crater morphology is unique to Rabe Crater. Rabe Crater is located in Noachis Terra and is 108km in diameter (67 miles).

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Context

Image ID: 
V83505011 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-43.6272
34.5903
83505
2020-10-11 02:34
Fri, 2020-12-04
VIS
512 pixels (17 km)
1824 pixels (62 km)
0.03416 km/pixel
0.0345189 km/pixel

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