Shifting sand in Herschel Crater

Shifting sand in Herschel Crater

The eastern margin of a rippled dune in Herschel Crater on Mars moved an average distance of three meters between March 3, 2007, and December 1, 2010, as seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The white line tracks the displacement between two ripples.

July 31, 2012 8:23 AM PDT

Photo by: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Ariz./JHUAPL

| Caption by: James Martin

 

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