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Category Archives: Reports
THEMIS: Granicus Valles channel
THEMIS Image of the Day, August 22, 2019. A section of Granicus Valles crosses the center of this VIS image. Granicus Valles is a complex channel system located west of Elyisum Mons. The channel system is about 750km long. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, channels, Granicus Valles, lava flows, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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MARCI weather report, August 12-18, 2019
Afternoon weather conditions were very seasonal this past week. Local dust storms were observed along the seasonal receding north polar cap edge (north of Acidalia) and at southern low-latitudes (Margaritifer and Solis) and mid-latitudes (from Aonia to Cimmeria). Condensate clouds … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, dust storms, haze, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, MSSS, NASA, storms, weather, wind
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HiRISE: Southeast Hale Crater ejecta
Southeast Hale Crater ejecta. This image can help us determine whether there are one or multiple ejecta lobes in this region. Hale Crater is often imaged by HiRISE for the presence of recurring slope lineae, or flows that may or … Continue reading
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Tagged Argyre basin, crater ejecta, Hale Crater, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, impact processes, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Noachis Terra, recurring slope lineae, RSL, University of Arizona
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Curiosity update: Science to exhaustion
Sols 2502-03, August 20, 2019, update by MSL scientist Ryan Anderson: The Sol 2502-2503 plan starts with a couple of ChemCam observations on the bedrock targets “Papigoe” and “Princes Street,” followed by a Mastcam stereo mosaic of “Stone Row.” Then in … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Etive, Glen Torridon, Lamlash, MacBeth's Cairn, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Papigoe, Prince Charlie's Cave, Princes Street, Stone Row
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THEMIS: Biblis Patera
THEMIS Image of the Day, August 21, 2019. Today’s VIS image shows Biblis Patera, the summit caldera of the volcano Biblis Tholus. This volcano is located west of Pavonis Mons and is just one of the numerous volcanoes found in … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Biblis Patera, Biblis Tholus, calderas, Mars Odyssey, mass wasting, NASA, Tharsis, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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ExoMars rover: All instruments now onboard
The full suite of scientific instruments, including cameras that will give us our eyes on Mars, the drill that will retrieve pristine soil samples from below the surface, and the onboard laboratory that will seek out signs of life are … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, Oxia Planum, Rosalind Franklin, Roscosmos
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Curiosity update: More SAMple analysis
Sols 2499-2501, August 16, 2019, update by MSL scientist Abigail Fraeman: Conjunction is the few-weeks period when Mars goes behind the sun and we stop communicating with our spacecraft that are there. Our last planning day before conjunction will be … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Risk, Sutherland
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HiRISE: Pits on a crater floor
Pits on a crater floor. These pits are also showing some great exposure of bedrock on the floor of this massive, ancient crater, located northwest of the Hellas impact basin. HiRISE Picture of the Day archive. [More at links]
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Tagged bedrock, Hellas Basin, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, pits, University of Arizona
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MARCI weather report, August 5-11, 2019
During the past week on Mars, transient dust storms were observed along the edge of the south polar hood in Sirenum and Aonia. While in the northern hemisphere, storms developed along the seasonal cap edge, with one arcuate-shaped storm propagating … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, dust storms, haze, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, MSSS, NASA, storms, weather, wind
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THEMIS: Ascraeus Mons lava flows
THEMIS Image of the Day, August 20, 2019. The lava flows and other volcanic features in this VIS image (such as pit crater and pit chains) are part of Ascraeus Mons. Ascraeus Mons is the middle volcano in the aligned … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, Ascraeus Mons, ASU, lava flows, Mars Odyssey, NASA, pit chains, pit craters, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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