Saturday, December 7, 2013

Dunes in Olympia Undae


The sand dunes in this VIS image are located near the north polar cap. It is springtime and the dunes will darken with time as the winter frost sublimates in the sun.

Orbit Number: 52488 Latitude: 81.0121 Longitude: 190.215 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-10-13 19:18

Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State University

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