Frosty Crater

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This unnamed crater contains a small dune field in the central part of its floor. This image was collected in northern spring and the dunes are still frost covered. As the season moves into northern summer the dunes will shed the frost and appear dark.

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Context

Image ID: 
V61026003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
70.0473
352.633
61026
2015-09-16 15:39
Thu, 2015-11-26
VIS
1024 pixels (20 km)
3648 pixels (72 km)
0.019794 km/pixel
0.0199576 km/pixel

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