Northern 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 Olympia Mensae. 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: 
V96129007 (View data in Mars Image Explorer)
80.8102
131.347
96129
2023-08-16 13:57
Tue, 2024-03-05
VIS
512 pixels (19 km)
3744 pixels (142 km)
0.037994 km/pixel
0.0383488 km/pixel

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