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Tag Archives: complex craters
HiRISE: Syrtis Major region crater chain
Syrtis Major region crater chain. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, complex craters, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Syrtis Major, University of Arizona
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Endeavour rim rocks slope “wrong” way
The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, exploring the eroded rim segments of Endeavour Crater, has found that the uplifted rocks of the crater’s rim have an unexpected structure: they slope downward into the crater. Geologist Larry Crumpler (New Mexico Museum of … Continue reading
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Tagged Botany Bay, complex craters, Endeavour Crater, LPSC 2014, Mars Exploration Rover, Matijevic Formation, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Santa Fe Crater, Shoemaker Formation, Solander Point
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