High Latitude Dunes

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Today's VIS image shows a dune field on a crater floor in Terra Cimmeria. Dunes at high latitudes - near the polar caps - are affected by seasonal frost and ice. The interactions with frost/ice reduces the amount of movement of sand grains within the dunes. This changes the morphology of near polar dunes when compared to dunes at lower latitudes where ice/frost do not occur as frequently. This crater's latitude is 68 degrees south of the equator.

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Context

Image ID: 
V75440011 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-68.5479
163.063
75440
2018-12-16 23:56
Thu, 2019-02-14
VIS
1024 pixels (17 km)
3648 pixels (60 km)
0.016647 km/pixel
0.0169481 km/pixel

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