Mars - Aeolian Sand Dunes Size:63" x 42" (160 cm x 107 cm) as they attempt to reconstruct

as they attempt to reconstruct the geologic history of Europa

Depicted here as a terrestrial planet

and is part of the Digitized Sky Survey

hills and plains

Mars - Aeolian Sand Dunes Size:63" x 42" (160 cm x 107 cm) as they attempt to reconstructThe study of "formed by wind" landforms is called Aeolian geology. Mars offers some amazingly intricate and beautiful aeolian shapes. NASA's HiRISE spacecraft, with its super sharp color imaging, has given us this fantastic, false color image of just a sample of some of the amazing "formed by wind" beauty on Mars. Like many other images in our gallery, this one in particular invokes a strong modern art feel as well, adding to the "science as art"