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PIA03208: "Sharks Teeth" -- Sand Dunes in Proctor Crater
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a group of spectacular scalloped sand dunes at the edge of a much larger field of dark-toned dunes in Proctor Crater on Mars.
 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:  836 x 2021 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-274  
 Primary Data Set:  MGS EDRs 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA03208.tif (1.747 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA03208.jpg (314.3 kB)  

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Sometimes, pictures received from Mars Global Surveyor's Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) are "just plain pretty." This image, taken in early September 2000, shows a group of sand dunes at the edge of a much larger field of dark-toned dunes in Proctor Crater. Located at 47.9°S, 330.4°W, in the 170 km (106 mile) diameter crater named for 19th Century British astronomer Richard A. Proctor (1837-1888), the dunes shown here are created by winds blowing largely from the east/northeast. A plethora of smaller, brighter ripples covers the substrate between the dunes. Sunlight illuminates them from the upper left.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/MSSS

Image Addition Date:
2001-02-08