Part of the Ibex Dune Field in Death Valley National Park, California. (IMAGE)

Geological Society of America

Part of the Ibex Dune Field in Death Valley National Park, California.

Caption

Dunes on Earth behave very similarly to dunes on Mars. In the featured Geology article, Mackenzie Day uses dunes on both Earth and Mars in tandem to better understand how sand moved in wind.

Credit

Photo credit: Mackenzie Day.

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