Mars Odyssey Mission THEMIS: Feature Image: Arkhangelsky Crater (Released 12 September 2003)

Vital Statistics
Location: -41.2N, 334.9E	Released: 2003-09-12
Image Size: 17.4 x 62.0 km, 1024 x 3648 px
Resolution: 17m	Instrument: VIS

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

Image Context:
Context image for 20030912a

Wide Context:
Wide context image for 20030912a

Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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Arkhangelsky crater is just to the northeast of the giant Argyre impact basin in the southern hemisphere of Mars. This THEMIS visible image shows the floor of this crater with a few dark barchan sand dunes. Dunes form when wind blows sand across a surface. The barchan dunes shown here form when there isn't a lot of sand to start with. If there were, other dune forms would be visible.