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Herschel’s Dunes

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dark, windblown sand dunes in Herschel Crater on Mars.
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Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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10 November 2005
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows dark, windblown sand dunes in Herschel Crater. The winds responsible for these dunes came from the northeast (upper right).

Location near: 15.6°S, 228.6°W
Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Southern Spring