Posts Tagged ‘sand dunes’
Martian Millipedes
NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Sand dunes resembling millipedes march across Mars in this image from the HiRISE camera aboard Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Streaking Dolphins
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Streaks in the dunes of Mars remind me of playful dolphins in this image from NASA’s HiRISE camera aboard Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. HiRISE began imaging Mars again just last month after technicians decided that whatever caused a series of computer glitches aboard the spacecraft would not threaten the mission. HiRISE and the other scientific instruments aboard MRO had gone into “safe-mode” in August. HiRISE is returning spectacular imagery now.
Martian Gingerbread Man
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
The Gingerbread Man can run but he can’t hide, even on Mars. In this image from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRISE camera, we find the shape of a cookie-cutout person in a Martian dunefield.
Centipede of Mars
Credit: NASA, JPL, and University of Arizona
Martian winds whip around this rock causing leg-like patterns in the sand.
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