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South Polar residual cap monitoring – rare stratigraphic contacts

Disappearing sand dunes

Intersecting swirling trails left by the earlier passage
of dust devils across sand dunes

Aeolian features, large and small

Part of the Abalos Undae dune field

An impact crater on the south polar region,
showing layered deposits

Intersecting swirling trails left by the earlier
passage of dust devils across sand dunes

Rocky mesas of Nilosyrtis Mensae region

Layers exposed near the Mouth of Ladon Valles

Lineated valley fill and lobate debris aprons
in the Deuteronilus Mensae region

Exposure of layers and minerals in Candor Chasma

A small crater partially buried in wind-blown
ejecta from a much larger crater

Defrosting dunes in the north

All photos: NASA / JPL / UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA / BARCROFT MEDIA
Original article: telegraph.co.uk