
Especially bright patches, bluish in enhanced color, are due to seasonal frost that is accumulating as this hemisphere approaches winter. This image of a sand dune field in a Southern highlands crater was acquired by NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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NASA ID
PIA18118
Date Created
March 12, 2014
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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