Tag: Pasteur Crater
Martian Millipedes
by CritterKeeper on Mar.02, 2010, under Bugs, birds and other animals
NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Sand dunes resembling millipedes march across Mars in this image from the HiRISE camera aboard Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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