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North Polar Dunes

Sept. 17, 2012
The dunes in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft are part of the dune field that encircles a large portion of Mars' northern pole. Less sand available in this region of the dune field, resulting in individual dunes.
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The dunes in this image are part of the dune field that encircles a large portion of the northern pole. There is less sand available in this region of the dune field, resulting in individual dunes rather than the dense dunes seen elsewhere in the dune field.

Orbit Number: 46733 Latitude: 78.2657 Longitude: 147.577 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2012-06-27 04:47

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

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