Nili Patera Dunes

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image shows part of Nili Patera. Nili Patera is the northern caldera in the immense volcanic complex of Syrtis Major Planum. The dunes are moving westward across the top of these ancient volcanic flows.

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Context

Latitude: 8.90088

Longitude: 67.1923

Orbit Number: 97043

Captured: 2023-10-30 19:44

Posted to Web: Thu, 2024-04-25

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (18 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (65 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.035919 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0361844 km/pixel

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