Tag Archives: clays

HiRISE: Plains with clay exposures

Posted on August 1, 2019 by rburnham

Plains with clay exposures. If at first you don’t succeed: an earlier observation we took of this area in 2016 was too hazy to study, so a re-image can get us the closer look at clay exposures we wanted. HiRISE … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Colorful Mawrth Vallis

Posted on March 7, 2019 by rburnham

Mawrth Vallis is a place on Mars that has fascinated scientists because of the clays and other hydrated minerals detected from orbit. In this image, the enhanced black colors are most likely basaltic sands and rocks, while the green, yellow, … Continue reading →

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CRISM: Iron-magnesium phyllosilicates near rim of Gale Crater

Posted on January 28, 2019 by rburnham

CRISM scene FRT0000B5A3 covers the southern wall of Gale crater, 15 km downslope from the rim. This region is gently sloping, compared to the northern wall, potentially indicating that the Gale basement rocks in the crater rim are mantled by … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Looking at martian salts and clays

Posted on November 27, 2018 by rburnham

This 3D perspective view is a composite of both HiRISE and data from CRISM, another instrument onboard MRO. This view covers a small patch of ancient Martian real estate in Terra Sirenum. CRISM collects spectral data that can be used … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Knobs on the rim of a circular feature

Posted on September 28, 2018 by rburnham

Knobs on the rim of a circular feature. And there might be clays on this cluster of knobs which as a unit, look very interesting. Beautiful Mars series. [More at links]

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HiRISE: Clay outcrop near Maja Valles

Posted on September 26, 2018 by rburnham

A clay outcrop near Maja Valles. Maja Valles is a large, ancient outflow channel in the Lunae Palus quadrangle on Mars. The name is a Nepali word for “Mars”, and parts of the system have been partially buried by thin volcanic … Continue reading →