Sea of Sand
Sea of Sand
Mars; Spacecraft: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO); Instrument: High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE); Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
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There are many hills about 1 kilometer high in Juventae Chasma, which is located north of the main Valles Marineris canyon system. The floor of the canyon is covered by a sea of sand, but the hills rise above the sand.
A few adventuresome sand dunes have slowly climbed up on the hills, like that near the upper left of the enhanced-color cutout. The color diversity here is exceptional, due to varying mineral compositions and good exposures.
