Dunes & Swirls

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This unnamed northern crater contains several dune fields. Within the central peak region (left side of image) there is material with a swirled surface pattern/texture. This type of texture indicates that volatiles may exist within the material.

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Context

Image ID:

V12518004 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: 41.8243

Longitude: 44.764

Orbit Number: 12518

Captured: 2004-10-09 19:55

Posted to Web: Wed, 2007-02-07

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 512 pixels (19 km)

Image Height: 1824 pixels (69 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.037857 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.038342 km/pixel

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