Matara Crater Dunes

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Today's VIS image shows the floor of Matara Crater. A large sand sheet dominates the floor of this crater located in Noachis Terra. The top of the sand sheet has been sculpted by the wind, creating dune forms. Matara Crater is 48km (30 miles) in diameter.

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Context

Image ID:

V84859009 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -49.6428

Longitude: 34.4725

Orbit Number: 84859

Captured: 2021-01-30 13:42

Posted to Web: Fri, 2021-07-09

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (62 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.034477 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.034802 km/pixel

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