PIA08620: Ripples and Dunes
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a small portion of the floor of Kaiser Crater in the Noachis Terra region, Mars. The terrain is covered by large windblown ripples and a few smoother-surfaced sand dunes.
 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 1715 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Malin Space Science Systems 
 Producer ID:  MOC2-1530  
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA08620.tif (1.435 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA08620.jpg (490.1 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

21 July 2006
This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a small portion of the floor of Kaiser Crater in the Noachis Terra region, Mars. The terrain in the upper (northern) half of the image is covered by large windblown ripples and a few smoother-surfaced sand dunes. The dominant winds responsible for these features blew from the west/southwest (left/lower left).

Location near: 47.2°S, 341.3°W
Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi)
Illumination from: upper left
Season: Southern Winter

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

Image Addition Date:
2006-07-21