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[–] oDDmON 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Those aren’t impact craters?

[–] Someology 6 points 11 months ago

The sand is black sand, and the white lines are the remnants of frost leftover on the surface of the black sand. The dunes are free of the frost remnants, because they are slowly moving. This means we can fully see the color of the black sand, which plays with visual perspective. Here's the same area in an earlier photo when it was completely all frosted over: https://static.uahirise.org/images/2023/details/cut/ESP_076510_2230-2.jpg

[–] [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).

[–] niktemadur 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The liquid-like behavior is striking.
Like condensated droplets of water on a surface.