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Tag Archives: Athabasca Valles
HiRISE: Streamlined form in Athabasca Valles
Streamlined form in Athabasca Valles. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Athabasca Valles, Beautiful Mars, channels, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, lava flows, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona, volcanics
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HiRISE: Enigmatic feature in Athabasca lava flows
What is this enigmatic landform? The circular feature is nearly 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) wide. It looks like a circular island surrounded by a “sea” of smooth-looking lava flows. The Athabasca region contains some of the youngest lava flows on … Continue reading
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Tagged Athabasca Valles, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, lava flows, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona, volcanics
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HiRISE: Sand sources near Athabasca Valles
This image shows a small channel cutting into young volcanic lavas in a region where massive catastrophic flooding took place in the relatively recent past. The Athabasca Valles region includes a vast lava flow, thought to be the youngest on … Continue reading
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Tagged Athabasca Valles, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sand, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Ancient lava field and its scars
An ancient lava field and its scars. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Athabasca Valles, Beautiful Mars, craters, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, lava flow, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona, volcanics
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HiRISE: Lava contacts south of Athabasca Valles
Beautiful Mars series: Lava contacts south of Athabasca Valles. More Beautiful Mars images.
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Tagged Athabasca Valles, Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, lava, lava flows, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona, volcanics
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THEMIS image: Athabasca Valles
THEMIS Image of the Day, February 7, 2014. This VIS image shows a portion of Athabasca Valles. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Athabasca Valles, channels, lava flows, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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THEMIS image: Cerberus Fossae
THEMIS Image of the Day, January 24, 2014. The fractures in this VIS image are part of a large system of fractures called Cerberus Fossae. Athabasca Valles is visible in the lower right corner of the image.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Athabasca Valles, Cerberus Fossae, faults, fractures, Mars Odyssey, NASA, tectonics, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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Lava coils: new form of flow discovered on Mars
High-resolution photos of Martian lava flows show coiling spiral patterns that resemble snail or nautilus shells. Such patterns have been found in a few locations on Earth, but never before on Mars. The discovery appears in a paper in Science … Continue reading
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Tagged Athabasca Valles, Cerberus Palus, HiRISE, lava coils, lava flows, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, volcanism
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Watch for falling rocks
A new investigation of Cerberus Fossae using HiRISE images shows that Mars is probably seismically active now or in the recent past. The clues are tracks left by boulders as they rolled downhill. Gerald Roberts (University of London) and colleagues … Continue reading
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Tagged Athabasca Valles, boulders, Cerberus Fossae, Elysium, fractures, graben, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, marsquakes, rockfalls, wind
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