These fascinating linear dunes at Meroe Patera were also identified in Context Camera images, which have developed in a sand starved region of the dune field, elongating from behind a scarp. This is a re-image of an earlier observation we acquired in 2020 to compare changes in shape compared to other linear dunes elsewhere on Mars.

ID: ESP_073886_1875
date: 1 May 2022
altitude: 271 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_073886_1875
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
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