North Polar Dunes

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

About this image

Multiple dune fields surround the north polar cap. This unnamed region of dunes is located between Olympia Undae (the largest dune field) and Abalos Undae. This image was acquired during northern summer, when all the frost has sublimated revealing the dune sand.

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

Context

Image ID: 
V63794020 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
79.7079
245.861
63794
2016-05-01 15:02
Wed, 2016-07-06
VIS
512 pixels (19 km)
1824 pixels (70 km)
0.038445 km/pixel
0.0388811 km/pixel

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