HiPOD 16 May 2022: Dunes in Meridiani Planum

HiRISE monitors dune fields across Mars to track how they are changing. The mobile sand also cleans dust off of the bedrock in inter-dune areas, providing good views of the bedrock structures and colors.

Here we see subtle color differences between layers, and a dense network of fractures. The dunes, in contrast, are uniformly dark and relatively blue in enhanced color.

https://uahirise.org/ESP_072530_1815
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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