# @nasa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CM42QxApeBy
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11733587-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-03-26T16:13:49.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

🎸🔴 New band name: Frosty Sand Dunes Of Mars

Our Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) beamed back another striking image taken on the Red Planet captured by our powerful HiRISE camera, this time showing the stunning image of frosty sand dunes. The field of sand dunes occupies a crater that stretches for 5 kilometers, found in the high-latitudes of Mars’ northern plains. The stripes and other features are the result of sublimated ice that comes with the ‘seasonal thaw.’

📝 Friday pop quiz time ⏰ 
In what year did the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reach Mars? 
2003 
2004 
2005
2006

Credit: NASA/NASAJPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

#NASA #Mars #Frosty #StayFrosty #Texture #Dunes #RedPlanet #HappyFriday #SolarSystem

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nasa, frosty, mars, happyfriday, texture, dunes, stayfrosty, solarsystem, redplanet

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