Southern Dunes

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Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

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Not all dune fields on Mars are located in deep craters. This dune field in southern Cimmeria Terra is located in the very shallow remnants of an old crater. The area is still at a lower elevation than it's surroundings and can trap sand moving in the region.

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Context

Image ID:

V93153008 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)

Latitude: -64.8057

Longitude: 153.885

Orbit Number: 93153

Captured: 2022-12-14 11:57

Posted to Web: Thu, 2023-03-16

Instrument: VIS

Image Width: 256 pixels (17 km)

Image Height: 3792 pixels (255 km)

Vertical Resolution: 0.067507 km/pixel

Horizontal Resolution: 0.0682054 km/pixel

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