Matara Crater Dunes

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image shows the floor of Matara Crater. A large sand sheet with surface dune forms dominates the floor of this crater located in Noachis Terra. Matara Crater is 48km (30 miles) in diamenter.

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Context

Image ID:

V83817011 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -49.4556

Longitude: 34.895

Orbit Number: 83817

Captured: 2020-11-05 19:05

Posted to Web: Fri, 2020-12-25

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (62 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.034252 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0346425 km/pixel

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