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Tag Archives: CRISM
Scientists detect impact glass on Martian surface
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has detected deposits of glass within impact craters on Mars. Though formed in the searing heat of a violent impact, such deposits might provide a delicate window into the possibility of past life on the … Continue reading
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Tagged astrobiology, Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, CRISM, impact glass, impacts, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, organic materials
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CRISM: Phyllosilicates near Syrtis Major
This image shows a site near Syrtis Major, an expansive volcanic structure. This CRISM image displays olivine-rich rocks in red and rocks rich in iron-magnesium- containing clay-like minerals called phyllosilicates in various other colors. Olivine is present in most places … Continue reading
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Tagged clay minerals, Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, CRISM, iron-magnesium phyllosilicates, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, phyllosilicates, Syrtis Major
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CRISM: Olivine & phylosilicates near Syrtis Major
This image shows a site near Syrtis Major, an expansive volcanic structure. This CRISM image displays olivine-rich rocks in red and rocks rich in iron/magnesium-containing clay-like minerals called phyllosilicates in various other colors. Olivine is present in most places on … Continue reading
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Tagged Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, CRISM, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, olivine, phyllosilicates, Syrtis Major
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CRISM: Fe/Mg phyllosilicates near Mawrth Vallis
This image shows iron/ magnesium-bearing hydrated minerals called phyllosilicates in a white/red color. Phyllosilicates are clay and clay-like minerals formed by chemical reactions with liquid water. They are very thin (microscopic) stacked layer crystal forms, also called sheet silicates. The … Continue reading
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CRISM: Iron-magnesium clays at Isidis Basin rim
This image is located right along the rim of the Isidis impact basin, at the foot of Libya Montes. Here we see iron-magnesium phyllosilicates (cyan). Phyllosilicates are clay and clay-like minerals formed by chemical reactions with liquid water. They are … Continue reading
CRISM: Hydrated minerals near Nili Fossae
This image shows a site near Nili Fossae, a group of long, narrow tectonic depressions called graben. Mars’ crust is mostly made up of igneous rock and mafic materials, shown here with red denoting olivine. There are also aqueously-altered minerals … Continue reading
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Tagged Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, CRISM, hydrated minerals, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Nili Fossae, phyllosilicates
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CRISM: Comet nucleus in infrared
The Compact Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) observed comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring as the comet sped close to Mars on Oct. 19. CRISM recorded imaging data in 107 different wavelengths, showing the inner part of the cloud of dust, … Continue reading
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Tagged Comet C/2013 A1, Comet Siding Spring, Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, CRISM, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA
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CRISM: Carbonate minerals near Huygens Crater
Here we see Fe/Ca carbonates (pink) along the southeastern wall of an unnamed crater’s central pit. Because these carbonates are seen in the central pit, it is thought that they were formed in the subsurface (underground) but then brought up … Continue reading
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Tagged carbonate minerals, Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, CRISM, Huygens Crater, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA
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CRISM: From the surface up
These CRISM images are mostly used to study the different gases and aerosols within Mars’s atmosphere, but they also give a great perspective on how thin the atmosphere really is. Surface features from the bottom of the image can be … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, CRISM, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA
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CRISM: Extensional features from the horizon
The image shows a limb (meaning a view of the horizon) of the planet where the surface can be seen at the bottom, the atmosphere in the middle, and space is above in black. In order to make these observations, … Continue reading
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Tagged Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, CRISM, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA
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