File:PIA17879 - Raindrops of Sand in Copernicus Crater.jpg
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editDescriptionPIA17879 - Raindrops of Sand in Copernicus Crater.jpg |
English: Original description: The dark features here look like raindrops, but are actually sand dunes. This spot was targeted by CRISM because the dunes are rich in the mineral olivine.
Olivine-rich dunes are very rare on Earth, as olivine rapidly weathers to clays in a wet environment. There is also olivine-rich bedrock in the central peaks of Copernicus Crater on the Moon. There is only a handful of very important scientists, like Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) who have craters named after them on both Mars and the Moon. |
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Source | http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17879 |
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