27 April 2009

Pretty Dunes in Gale Crater

Posted by Ryan Anderson

These dunes and ripples share a valley with an anceint, infilled channel on the mound of sediment in Gale Crater, near the end of the proposed MSL traverse. They are especially striking because they are made of dark volcanic sand, mixed with light-toned sand from the sediments filling the channel.

These dunes and ripples share a valley with an ancient, infilled channel on the mound of sediment in Gale Crater, near the end of the proposed MSL traverse. They are especially striking because they are made of dark volcanic sand, mixed with light-toned sand from the sediments filling the channel.


This is a tiny subframe from the HiRISE image PSP_009294_1750.


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