30 June 2005 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows dark, windblown sand dunes in a crater in the Hesperia region of Mars. The steepest slopes on the dunes -- their slipfaces -- point toward the south-southwest, indicating that the winds responsible for the dunes blew from the north-northeast (top/upper right). Location near: 12.4°S, 236.5°W Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi) Illumination from: upper left Season Southern Spring
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30 June 2005 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows dark, windblown sand dunes in a crater in the Hesperia region of Mars. The steepest slopes on the dunes -- their <i>slipfaces</i> -- point toward the south-southwest, indicating that the winds responsible for the dunes blew from the north-northeast (top/upper right). <i>Location near</i>: 12.4°S, 236.5°W <i>Image width</i>: ~3 km (~1.9 mi) <i>Illumination from</i>: upper left <i>Season</i> Southern Spring
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