PIA02069: Frost-covered Dunes
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dunes in Chasma Boreale, a giant trough in the north polar cap. This September 1998 view shows dark sand emergent from beneath a veneer of bright frost left over from the northern winter that ended in July 1998.
 Target Name:  Mars
 Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
 Mission:  Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) 
 Spacecraft:  Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter
 Instrument:  Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) 
 Product Size:  706 x 1544 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-146  
 Addition Date:  2000-06-01 
 Primary Data Set:  MGS EDRs 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA02069.tif (874.8 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA02069.jpg (139.1 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

MOC image of dunes in Chasma Boreale, a giant trough in the north polar cap. This September 1998 view shows dark sand emergent from beneath a veneer of bright frost left over from the northern winter that ended in July 1998.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/MSSS

Image Addition Date:
2000-06-01