Planet Mars: Circular Sand Dunes | NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Planet Mars: Circular Sand Dunes | NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

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

Black and white images are 5 km across; enhanced color images are 1 km.

Latitude (centered)

42.505°

Longitude (East)

67.076°

Spacecraft altitude

298.2 km (185.3 miles)

The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) instrument, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colorado. 

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.

“For 17 years, MRO has been revealing Mars to us as no one had seen it before,” said the mission’s project scientist, Rich Zurek of JPL.

Video Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

Image Date: Nov. 22, 2022

Narration: Tre Gibbs

Duration: 54 seconds

Release Date: Aug. 4, 2023

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