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Grooved Herschel Dunes

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dark, somewhat cemented, wind-scoured sand dunes of central Herschel Crater on Mars.
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Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-335, 19 April 2003

This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image portrays the dark, somewhat cemented, wind-scoured sand dunes of central Herschel Crater. The picture covers an area about 3 km (1.9 mi) wide near 15.7°S, 228.8°W. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the upper left.