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Rabe Landforms

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows buttes and mesas surrounded by sand dunes on the floor of Rabe Crater, Mars. Gullies of uncertain origin cut sand dune surfaces in the top (north) quarter of the scene.
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Credits: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
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29 June 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows buttes and mesas surrounded by sand dunes on the floor of Rabe Crater, Mars. Gullies of uncertain origin cut sand dune surfaces in the top (north) quarter of the scene.

Location near: 44.1°S, 325.8°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Winter