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Circular Sand Dunes [on Mars] | HiRise (lemmy.ca)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/13425339

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Nope. They are a type of dune known as a dome dune. You can see the dune lip on the southern side, which gives you information on wind direction (North to South in this case).

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