North Polar Dunes

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

This VIS image shows a portion of the huge dune field located at the north polar cap. As spring continues to deepen, the dunes are becoming darker and darker as they lose their winter frost cover.

Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images. 

Context

Image ID: 
V53424003 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
81.615
208.313
53424
2013-12-29 19:50
Fri, 2014-02-14
VIS
1024 pixels (20 km)
3648 pixels (72 km)
0.019856 km/pixel
0.02 km/pixel

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