Phenomena

Barchan Dunes

The winds of Mars create sand dunes that seem to flow like a liquid across the planet’s surface. Here the wind blows from right to left around the flat top mesas on the right side of the image. The dark, arc-shaped dunes formed in the wake of the mesas are called barchans and can move downstream remarkably intact, even able to cross paths with other dunes. (Photo credit: MRO, NASA; via APOD)

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