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Tag Archives: brine seeps
HiRISE: Recurring slope lineae in Juventae Chasma
Recurring slope lineae (RSL) are best explained as due to seasonal seeping of water on steep slopes in warm seasons. The HiRISE team has produced digital terrain models (DTMs) for many key RSL sites, which then allows us to orthorectify … Continue reading
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Tagged brine seeps, brines, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Juventae Chasma, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, recurring slope lineae, RSL, University of Arizona, water
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Recurring slope lineae discovered deep in Valles Marineris
Discovered in 2011, recurring slope lineae (RSL for short) are narrow, dark lines on steep slopes. They appear and grow longer during the warmest time of year, then fade and disappear over winter. They recur in the same places the … Continue reading
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Tagged brine seeps, brines, brines, CRISM, ground ice, groundwater, HiRISE, ice, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, recurring slope lineae, RSL, Valles Marineris, water
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What Earth’s saltiest pond says about Mars
An Antarctic pond that’s the saltiest natural body of water on Earth stays wet in part by pulling moisture out of the air, scientists have discovered. And that has implications for possible brine seeps and reservoirs on Mars. Don Juan … Continue reading
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Tagged Antarctica, brine seeps, brines, calcium chloride, deliquescence, Don Juan Pond, ice, lineae, liquid water, ponds, recurring slope lineae, RSL, water
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