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Windblown Dunes

Aug. 6, 2005
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a suite of small, dark sand dunes on the floor of a crater in western Arabia Terra on Mars.

6 August 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a suite of small, dark sand dunes on the floor of a crater in western Arabia Terra. The winds responsible for these dunes generally blow from the east/southeast (right/lower right).

Location near: 6.3°N, 349.6°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Northern Summer

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