Dunes
Interpreting Dune Patterns: Insights from Earth and Mars
A recent study published in the journal Geology attempts to interpret the patterns of dunes, which are sand mounds frequently…
Beautiful Dunes on Mars, Sculpted by Swirling Winds
This interesting image from the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a field of fascinating dunes called barchan…
Frosty Sand Dunes on Mars
Sand dunes on Mars are fascinating. They shift and move in different ways than they do on Earth, and they…
A Region On Mars With Recent Water Is About To Get Major Attention
Curving wriggles seen in sand dunes on Earth and formed by the recent ebb and flow of water have just…
Freak Fast Winds Created Titan’s Massive, Mysterious Dunes
Titan is Saturn's largest moon and is constantly surprising scientists as the Cassini spacecraft probes under its thick atmosphere. Take…
Cassini Sees a “Zen Garden” on Titan
Looking like the flowing designs carved by a Zen gardener's rake, long parallel dunes of hydrocarbon sand stretch across the…
Cassini Says “Senkyo Very Much”
In this image acquired on January 5, Cassini's near-infrared vision pierced Titan's opaque clouds to get a glimpse of the…
Gallery: Bizarre Dunes on Mars
[/caption] Say the word "dunes" and the image that likely comes to mind is the sort of features you'd see…
MRO Spots Martian Dunes in Motion
[/caption] The benefit of long-term observations from orbit became evident today with the release of images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance…
The Dark Dunes of Mars
I just got lost on Mars. I saw this intriguing image, above, on the HiRISE camera website, and ended up…