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Martian sand blowing in the wind

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High-resolution spacecraft images show surprisingly large rates of sand transport on Mars. This finding suggests that the planet's surface is a more active environment than previously thought. See Letter p.339

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Figure 1: Sand dunes on Mars and Earth.

A, NASA/JPL/UNIV. ARIZONA; B, GEOEYE/GOOGLE

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  1. Jasper Kok is in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.,

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Kok, J. Martian sand blowing in the wind. Nature 485, 312–313 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11193

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