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Tag Archives: Eberswalde Crater
ExoMars: Eberswalde Crater delta
This intricate structure of an ancient river delta once carried liquid water across the surface of Mars. The distinctive form of a delta arises from sediments that are deposited by a river as it enters slower-moving water, like a lake … Continue reading
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Tagged CaSSIS, Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System, deltas, Eberswalde Crater, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, Roscosmos, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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HiRISE: Horse playing the flute
Horse playing the flute. Maybe you can see a horse playing a flute here, but really this is a portion of the floor of Eberswalde Crater, at one time candidate landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory. The light-toned bedrock … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, bedrock, Eberswalde Crater, eolian processes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, lacustrine sediments, lake bed sediments, landing sites, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sand, sand dunes, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Inverted channel in Eberswalde Crater
An inverted channel in Eberswalde Crater. Eberswalde Crater was once a final candidate landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity. Although the primary scientific interest in Eberswalde is its well-preserved delta, this sinuous river channel to the southeast, … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, deltas, Eberswalde Crater, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, inverted channels, landing sites, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Eberswalde Crater’s famous delta
THEMIS Image of the Day, November 9, 2016. Today’s false color image shows the delta deposit in Eberswalde Crater. Channels from the crater rim hosted material entering the crater. This crater and its delta deposit were shortlisted as a possible Curiosity … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, deltas, Eberswalde Crater, ExoMars 2020 rover, landing sites, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Sedimentary rock layers on a crater floor
This image covers layered sedimentary rocks on the floor of an impact crater north of Eberswalde Crater. There may have been a lake in this crater billions of years ago, and the area was once considered a landing spot for … Continue reading
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Tagged Eberswalde Crater, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, layered deposits, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sediments, University of Arizona
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NASA’s long road to Gale Crater
If Gale Crater isn’t your favorite choice for a landing site for NASA’s next Mars rover, you can’t claim the choice was made hastily. The international community of Mars scientists thoroughly sifted the Red Planet to find a feasible landing … Continue reading
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Tagged Curiosity, Eberswalde Crater, Gale Crater, Holden Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mawrth Vallis, MSL
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Down in the deltas
Although NASA passed over Eberswalde Crater to choose Gale Crater as the landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), Eberswalde offers the best known example on Mars of a river delta built from sediment washed into a crater lake. … Continue reading
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Tagged craters, deltas, Eberswalde Crater, HiRISE, Holden Crater, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO
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