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Migrating and Static Sand Ripples on Mars
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Migrating and Static Sand Ripples on Mars

NASA / JPL · 2013-08-28 · photograph (digital archive)

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This observation from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is of one many that highlights new discoveries; one of these is that many sand dunes and ripples are moving, some at rates of several meters per year.

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Credit lineMigrating and Static Sand Ripples on Mars. NASA/JPL, 2013-08-28. Public domain. ID: PIA17646.
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