GALAMEDIA – NASA released a recent photo immortalized by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The result is a stunning view of the frozen dunes from the crater north of the Red Planet.
Taken in February, the photo, which looks at first glance like tile in the rain, reveals details of the formation of a trench on the Red Planet that forms when ice melts with changing seasons.
Some of the dunes appear to have separated from the main group, while others appear to resemble craters along the bends.
Quoted by Galamedia from DailyMail, Monday (29 March 2021) Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter NASA capture a number of images from Mars since 2006 and sending back gigabyte-sized photos that reveal new details from the ancient world Mars.
This latest image was shot with a High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) camera Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter 196 miles above the surface Mars.
Colored in red, the photo shows dunes in an ice -covered crater in the high latitudes of the Red Planet Mars. The trenches were likely formed by melting ice.
Screenshot of main dune area NASA it includes a series of dark colored polygonal patterns thought to result from seasonal freezing processes.
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