Tag Archives: Candor Chasma

HiRISE: Faulted layered deposits

Posted on July 28, 2014 by rburnham

Faulted layered deposits in west Candor Chasma. Beautiful Mars series.

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

HiRISE: Somewhere in east Candor Chasma

Posted on June 23, 2014 by rburnham

Beautiful Mars series. Somewhere in east Candor Chasma. More Beautiful Mars images.

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

HiRISE: Faulted layered deposits

Posted on April 14, 2014 by rburnham

Beautiful Mars series. Faulted layered deposits in west Candor Chasma. More Beautiful Mars images.

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

HiRISE image: Differing mineralogies

Posted on February 27, 2014 by rburnham

Beautiful Mars series: Differing mineralogies in west Candor Chasma. More Beautiful Mars images.

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

CRISM image: Hydrated sulfates in Candor Chasma

Posted on February 21, 2014 by rburnham

Candor Chasma is a deep, elongate, steep-sided depression about 800 kilometers (about 500 miles) in length, forming just one part of of the Valles Marineris canyon system in the equatorial part of Mars’ western hemisphere. If it were located on … Continue reading →

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Did ice and dust make layered deposits in Valles Marineris?

Posted on May 15, 2012 by rburnham

Vast mounds of layered material lie in numerous places throughout the giant canyon system of Valles Marineris, and especially in Candor Chasma, Ophir Chasma, and Melas Chasma. The origin of these “interior layered deposits” (ILDs) have been debated since they … Continue reading →

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off