
Today's VIS image shows an unnamed crater located on the margin of the south polar cap. A very large mound of sand on the crater floor merges with the edge of the polar ice. The dunes in the crater appear different from other crater dunes on Mars due to the influence of ice within the sand. Orbit Number: 84231 Latitude: -72.3612 Longitude: 143.513 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2020-12-09 20:51 https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24410
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PIA24410
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February 19, 2021
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