Mars keeps its receipts: these ripples are a weather report from 3.5 billion years ago.
Does This Photo from the Curiosity Rover Prove an Intense Sandstorm on Mars?
New analysis of sand ripple patterns photographed by the Curiosity rover suggests they were formed by ancient, intense wind storms billions of years ago. The preserved ripples provide evidence of a much more active Martian climate than previously thought, with storms that may have shaped the planet's surface.
Source: Does This Photo from the Curiosity Rover Prove an Intense Sandstorm on Mars? — Nautilus
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