Crater Dune

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image shows a crater located in southern Noachis Terra. A large ridge of sand leans up against the central crater peak. At the margins of the dune and other places on the crater floor wispy dust devil tracks occur, indicating significant wind action within the crater.

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Context

Latitude: -54.6084

Longitude: 17.5163

Orbit Number: 99728

Captured: 2024-06-07 21:14

Posted to Web: Fri, 2024-08-02

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (62 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.034235 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0346322 km/pixel

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