Fig. 1: Dunes and ripples on Mars. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: Dunes and ripples on Mars.

From: A distinct ripple-formation regime on Mars revealed by the morphometrics of barchan dunes

Fig. 1

a Impact ripples superimposed on large wind ripples atop Namib dune, Gale Crater, Mars. (Curiosity rover Mastcam mosaic; credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Thomas Appéré). b Large ripples superimpose barchan dunes, Hellespontus Montes, Mars (−41.4°N, 44.6°E; High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) image PSP_007676_1385). c Detailed view of large ripples with wavelength ~2 m (orange rectangle in panel (b)).

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