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April 12, 2015

Possible Migrating Dunefield in Noachis Terra
Possible Migrating Dunefield in Noachis Terra

Credits: NASA/JPL/Arizona State University (ASU) - Credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga/Lunar Explorer Italia/IPF

In this VIS image, taken by the NASA - Mars Odyssey Orbiter on February, 7th, 2015 and during its 58.336th orbit around the Red Planet, we can see a portion of a large Sand-Sheet with Surface Dune-Forms (---> probably a so-called - and extremely dark - "Migrating Dunefield") that is found on the Floor of an Unnamed Impact Crater located in the Martian Region known as Noachis Terra.


Latitude (centered): 48,6161° South
Longitude (centered): 34,0534° East
Instrument: VIS


This frame (which is an Original Mars Odyssey Orbiter b/w and Map-Projected frame published on the NASA - Planetary Photojournal with the ID n. PIA 19275) has been additionally processed, magnified, contrast enhanced and then colorized in Absolute Natural Colors (such as the colors that a human eye would actually perceive if someone were onboard the NASA - Mars Odyssey Orbiter and then looked down, towards the Surface of Mars), by using an original technique created - and, in time, dramatically improved - by the Lunar Explorer Italia Team.



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