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Two-Color Dunes in Meridiani Terra
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Two-Color Dunes in Meridiani Terra

NASA / JPL · 2014-04-09 · photograph (digital archive)

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Why are these dunes different colors? Sand on Mars is typically dark in tone, as it commonly derived from volcanic rocks like lava flows as shown by NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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Credit lineTwo-Color Dunes in Meridiani Terra. NASA/JPL, 2014-04-09. Public domain. ID: PIA17919.

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