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Mastcam Telephoto Of A Martian Dune's Downwind Face

Posted on Monday, January 4, 2016
Uploaded by Waspie_Dwarf
Mastcam Telephoto Of A Martian Dune's Downwind Face
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Uploader comment: This view combines multiple images from the telephoto-lens camera of the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover to reveal fine details of the downwind face of "Namib Dune." The site is part of the dark-sand "Bagnold Dunes" field along the northwestern flank of Mount Sharp. Images taken from orbit have shown that dunes in the Bagnold field move as much as about 3 feet (1 meter) per Earth year.


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