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“Panorama with Active Linear Dune”
This section of a panorama of the Bagnold Dunes (5.4°S, 137.8°E) is comprised of 115 images taken by the Curiosity Rover’s Mastcam on March 24th and 25th, 2017. You can see a dark sand dune as well as the Murray Bedrock in the foreground. On the right side you can see a vein of what is likely a variety calcium sulfate (either anhydrite, gypsum, or bassanite). The center is towards Mount Sharp, south east of the rover’s location.
The width of this image is about 1 km.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Geohack link: geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Gale_(crater)¶ms=5.4_S_137.8_E_globe:Mars_type:landmark