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Tag: Dunes on Mars

Posted on September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 by Nancy Atkinson

Beautiful Dunes on Mars, Sculpted by Swirling Winds

Wind-sculpted dunes on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona.

This interesting image from the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a field of fascinating dunes called barchan dunes. These dunes have formed along a cliff in Chasma Boreale, in the North Pole of Mars.

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