HiPOD: Thursday, 22 July 2021
Possible Ancient Bedforms

Possible Ancient Bedforms

Visions of Shai-Hulud
This is another image public image target from HiWish, this time focusing on what appear to be possible ancient bedforms. In Context Camera images, these features look like ancient dunes, similar to others in the region. Fans of the “Dune” series might think otherwise. This observation is located in Melas Chasma.

ID: ESP_063986_1690
date: 21 March 2020
altitude: 266 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_063986_1690
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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Black & white is less than 5 km across; enhanced color is less than 1 km. For full observation details, visit the ID link.