Matara Crater Dunes

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

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

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Context

Image ID: 
V83087004 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
-48.3688
34.0401
83087
2020-09-06 16:04
Wed, 2020-11-04
VIS
256 pixels (17 km)
3792 pixels (259 km)
0.068512 km/pixel
0.0692469 km/pixel

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