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Longitudinal Dunes?
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Caption NASA originale:"This image from Cassini's radar instrument was acquired by the Cassini radar instrument in synthetic aperture mode during a Sept. 7, 2006, flyby of Titan. The image shows long, dark ridges similar to those seen in previous flybys. These are interpreted to be "Longitudinal Dunes". Dunes are mostly an equatorial phenomenon on Titan and the material forming them may be solid organic particles or ice coated with organic material. Spaced up to 3 Km(about 2 miles) apart, these dunes curve around bright features that may be high-standing topographic obstacles, in conformity with the wind patterns.
The interaction between the 2 types of features is complex and not well understood, but clearly the topography and the dunes have influenced each other in other ways as well.
This image is centered at 44° West Long., 8° North Lat. and covers approx. 160 by 325 Km (such as about 99 by 202 miles) on Titan's surface. The smallest details in this image are about 500 mt (approx. 550 yards) across".
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