Polar Erg

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

A vast region of sand dunes is located on the margin of the north polar cap of Mars. This 'sea' of sand is call the polar erg.

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Latitude: 80.5276

Longitude: 183.488

Orbit Number: 29099

Captured: 2008-07-06 00:40

Posted to Web: Fri, 2008-08-22

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 1024 pixels (20 km)

Image Height: 3648 pixels (71 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.019692 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.019836 km/pixel

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