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Dune symmetry inside Martian crater
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The dunes seen here, from a crater in Noachis Terra, west of the giant Hellas impact basin, are linear, and thought to be due to shifting wind directions. In places, each dune is remarkably similar to adjacent dunes, including a reddish band on northeast-facing slopes. Large angular boulders litter the floor between dunes.
July 31, 2012 8:23 AM PDT
Photo by: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
| Caption by: James Martin
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