NASA's Perseverance rover has captured a striking new image of massive, wind-carved sand formations known as "megaripples" during its latest exploration stop on the Red Planet.

The photo, taken on Aug. 13, reveals a field of these ridges at a site called Kerrlaguna, where Perseverance is investigating how Martian winds continue to shape the landscape. According to a recent NASA statement, this work is part of a broader effort to better understand Mars' modern environment.

"On Mars, the past is written in stone — but the present is written in sand," the statement says.

Megaripples are sandy ridges that rise up to about three feet (one meter) high. Found across much of the Martian surface, they fall in size between smaller ripples and larger sand dunes. Many are thought to be remnants fro

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