PIA06774: Ripples in the Ripples
This image taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the dunes that line the floor of 'Endurance Crater.' Small-scale ripples on top of the larger dune waves are evident.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 
 Spacecraft:  Opportunity
 Instrument:  Panoramic Camera 
 Product Size:  1024 x 1024 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Cornell University 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA06774.tif (1.05 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA06774.jpg (210.9 kB)  

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This image taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the dunes that line the floor of "Endurance Crater." Small-scale ripples on top of the larger dune waves suggest that these dunes may have been active in geologically recent times. The image was taken by the rover's panoramic camera on sol 198 (August 14, 2004).

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Cornell

Image Addition Date:
2004-08-18