Large cliff on the Moon that makes up part of the outer section of a crater.

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Dune Sea of Mars' Ganges Chasma
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image over the eastern edge of Mars' Ganges Chasma.

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Troughs in Mars' Elysium Fossae
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image over troughs in Mars' Elysium Fossae

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Self Portrait of Mars Rover Curiosity
This self-portrait of the Curiosity rover shows the vehicle at a drilled sample site called "Okoruso".

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Mars' Memnonia Fossae
This Mars Express image shows Mars' Memnonia Fossae.

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Mars' Marathon Valley
Taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, this image reveals a panoramic view of Marathon Valley.

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Mars' Chasma Boreale
This image is a simulated 3-D perspective view of Mars' Chasma Boreale.

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Colorful Deposits on Mars
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image of colorful polar layers on Mars.

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Perspective view of Mars' Hellas Basin generated from the high-resolution stereo camera on the Mars Express spacecraft.
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Dust Devil on Mars
Captured by the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, this image reveals a dust devil twisting through a martian valley.

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Lakebed on Mars
This evenly layered rock photographed by the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover shows a pattern typical of a lake-floor sedimentary deposit not far from where flowing water entered a lake.

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Pillinger Point, Mars
This scene from the panoramic camera (Pancam) of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity catches "Pillinger Point," on the western rim of Endeavour Crater, in the foreground.

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This HiRISE image shows a valley filled with an assortment of linear ridges. These ridges are often referred to as transverse aeolian ridges, or TAR, and they take a variety of forms. Here they sit at right angles to the direction of the valley, because the topography funnels the wind along the trough.

At this location, some of the TAR have secondary structures, likely small ripples. It is common for sand dunes to be covered in small ripples, often with different orientations that may be shaped by winds redirected by the larger dunes. Here the secondary structures have an unusual radiating/converging pattern, giving the TAR here a feathery appearance.
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Barchan Dunes on Mars
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's high-resolution imager HiRISE captured this false-color image of barchan sand dunes.

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Linear Gullies on Mars
This image from the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals linear gullies.

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First Sample Drilling on Mars
Hole drilled by NASA's Curiosity rover as its first sample drilling. The rock is called "John Klein."

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Mars' Matijevic Hill
Panoramic photo mosaic taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.

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Mars Landing Site Panorama
Panoramic image mosaic of the Martian landing site of NASA's Curiosity rover.

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Ancient Streambed on Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover finds evidence of an ancient streambed on Mars at "Hottah" outcrop.

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Layered Rock on Mars
A chapter of the layered geological history of Mars is laid bare in this postcard from NASA's Curiosity rover. The image shows the base of Mount Sharp, the rover's eventual science destination.

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Mars' Mount Sharp
This image taken by NASA's Curiosity rover shows what lies ahead for the rover -- its main science target, Mount Sharp.

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