A Diversity of Dunes in Renaudot Crater
HiRISE PICTURE OF THE DAY: 8 JULY 2025
A Diversity of Dunes in Renaudot Crater

Both dark and light-toned dunes are located on the floor of this crater. The dark-toned dunes are likely basaltic sand while the light-toned dunes source from other materials.



HiRISE Instrument News
Since July 23, 2023, HiRISE observations have lacked data from the RED4 CCD due to a hardware issue, creating a gap in the middle of image products and reducing the color swath to 1 CCD width. We are investigating the hardware issue and may be able to acquire some RED4 data in the future.

Circular Sand Dunes
Sand dunes of many shapes and sizes are common on Mars. In this example the dunes are almost perfectly circular, which is unusual.