Universe Today
[/caption] I see the Bad Astronomer has beat me to the punch by
posting this image before I could
. But what an amazing and gorgeous image of dunes on Mars! However, my initial thought when I saw this on the
HiRISE webpage
was perhaps this was the first long-awaited look at
Phil's tattoo.
Seriously, doesn't this look like it could be body art? The dunes even have a Phil-like flesh color. But this wonderful image was taken by the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. There is a great database of dune images gathered for the
US Geological Survey on the HiRISE website,
and below, take a gander at more lovely dune images:
Click on each image to learn more from the HiRISE website.
[caption id="attachment_42724" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="More Martian dunes from HiRISE."]
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[caption id="attachment_42729" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Russell Crater dunes. Credit: Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona "]
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[caption id="attachment_42730" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Dunes in the Western Nereidum Montes. Credit: NASA/JPL University of Arizona"]
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[caption id="attachment_42732" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Sand dunes. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona"]
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[caption id="attachment_42731" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Dark dunes. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona"]
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Check out the
HiRISE website
for more great images from Mars!