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Martian sand dunes
« on: October 23, 2015, 12:30:08 AM »

6 The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter often takes images of Martian sand dunes to study the mobile soils. These images provide information about erosion and movement of surface material, about wind and weather patterns, even about the soil grains and grain sizes. (Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona)

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Re: Martian sand dunes
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Re: Martian sand dunes
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2016, 12:08:03 PM »

Humans are getting a first glimpse of the tall sand dunes on Mars, and the photos are brilliant

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By Jessica Orwig
06 Janauary 2016

After more than three years on the Martian surface, the car-sized Curiosity Mars rover is giving us a close-up glimpse of terrain unlike anything we've seen before: tall, ripple-ridden sand dunes like this one:


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Re: Martian sand dunes
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2016, 12:40:17 PM »

Satellites orbiting Mars have snapped photos of these sand dunes before, but never up close like this:


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« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2016, 12:44:21 PM »

And NASA scientists are incredibly excited because it's the first time anyone has had the chance to study active sand dunes beyond Earth.

One of the first things they want to explore is the "grain size and morphology of different parts of the slipface," Lauren Edgar, a member of the Curiosity team and a USGS Astrogeology Science Center research geologist, wrote in a mission update.

The ripples on these dunes change over time due to Martian winds and mini avalanches. Notice in the picture below the breaks in the ripple pattern near the top:


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« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2016, 12:44:47 PM »

These breaks happen after Martian winds deposit sand on the slope, where it gradually accumulates. Eventually, so much sand builds up that the sand underneath can't sustain the weight of the sand on top, and a mini avalanche occurs.

On Earth, this sort of thing usually happens on wind-protected slopes, leading NASA scientists to conclude the side of this dune, called Namib Dune, is also shielded from the wind.

For comparison, the wind-facing side of another nearby dune reveals a very different sand pattern:


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« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2016, 12:45:17 PM »

Namib Dune is between 13 to 17 feet tall and is just one of many sand dunes located in the Bagnold Dunes field situated along the northwestern flank of the base of Mount Sharp, which forms Gale Crater's central peak.
Gale Crater is initially where Curiosity first touched down back in 2012. Here's a map of where Curiosity landed in the upper right, and where it has gone over the last 1196 sols, or Martian days:


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Re: Martian sand dunes
« Reply #7 on: January 06, 2016, 12:45:47 PM »

And here's a better view of the environment, with Namib Dune on the right:


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« Reply #8 on: January 06, 2016, 12:46:19 PM »

Mount Sharp is a 3.4-mile-high mountain that NASA's Curiosity team has been dreaming of exploring for a long time. They first snapped a photo of Mt. Sharp with Curiosity's Hazard-Avoidance camera in 2012 — that's Mt. Sharp in the distance:


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Re: Martian sand dunes
« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2016, 12:46:41 PM »

Though NASA scientists haven't seen sand avalanches or ripple movement, yet, Edgar is hopeful:

"We’ll be in the same location for a little while, so hopefully we’ll have the chance to observe some sand movement!"

In the meantime, we can sit back and enjoy some amazing photos, like this breath-taking panoramic view of Curiosity's rover deck, Namib Dune in the middle, and Mount Sharp's peak in the background:


(NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS)

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