Dunes Frozen in Time
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Dunes Frozen in Time
ESP_062562_1670  Science Theme: Aeolian Processes
Sand dunes are found in many places on Mars. At most of these places the dunes are slowly moving, blown by the wind, just like on Earth. However, in this location in south Melas Chasma they appear to have turned to stone.

The large dunes are slowly being eroded and disappearing, replaced by smaller structures of scalloped sand.

Written by: Candy Hansen  (13 January 2020)
 
Acquisition date
01 December 2019

Local Mars time
15:24

Latitude (centered)
-12.849°

Longitude (East)
288.622°

Spacecraft altitude
262.3 km (163.0 miles)

Original image scale range
26.3 cm/pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) so objects ~79 cm across are resolved

Map projected scale
25 cm/pixel and North is up

Map projection
Equirectangular

Emission angle
2.3°

Phase angle
63.2°

Solar incidence angle
61°, with the Sun about 29° above the horizon

Solar longitude
114.4°, Northern Summer

For non-map projected images
North azimuth:  97°
Sub-solar azimuth:  41.2°
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POSTSCRIPT
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, Calif., manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, Washington. The HiRISE camera was built by Ball Aerospace and Technology Corporation and is operated by the University of Arizona.