HiRISE was asked to obtain this observation in order to compare morphology to other linear dunes elsewhere on Mars.
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These lovely linear dunes at Meroe Patera identified in Context Camera images that have developed in a sand starved region of the dune field, elongating from behind a cliff.
Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona https://www.uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_065194_1875
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