Tag Archives: Deuteronilus

HiRISE: A possible alluvial fan

This image shows the northern rim of a crater in Deuteronilus. At the northern end, we see the crater rim and ridges inside and below that rim. A channel set is entering from the west and passing through a notch … Continue reading

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MARCI weather report: August 4-10, 2014

Storm activity continued at mid-to-high latitudes in both hemispheres this week. In the north, dust-lifting off of the residual polar cap was observed north of Deuteronilus. Towards the end of the week, regional scale storm activity also developed in northern … Continue reading

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Debris aprons and valley fill hold ancient ice several hundred million years old

Along the edge of the crustal dichotomy, where the southern highlands step down onto the northern plains, lies a landscape of mesas, buttes, and valleys. Valleys appear choked with linear streams of debris, and on the flanks of many mesas … Continue reading

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