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Tag Archives: Elysium
THEMIS: Flank of Albor Tholus volcano
THEMIS Image of the Day, August 6, 2019. Today’s VIS image shows a portion of the flank of Albor Tholus, a volcano found in the Elysium volcanic complex. The pits and cracks may have formed when the volcano’s flank responded … Continue reading
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Tagged Albor Tholus, Arizona State University, ASU, Elysium, graben, Mars Odyssey, NASA, pit craters, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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Mantle plumes still active under Tharsis, Elysium?
[Editor’s note: From a paper by A.-C. Plesa and eight co-authors recently published in Geophysical Research Letters.] The thermal state and interior structure of Mars We constrain the thermal state and interior structure of Mars by combining a large number … Continue reading
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Tagged Elysium, Elysium Planitia, InSight, Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, mantle dynamics, NASA, plumes, Tharsis, volcanics
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THEMIS: Lava channel on Hecates Tholus
THEMIS Image of the Day, June 27, 2017. Do you see what I see? Is that a snake slithering down the image? (THEMIS Art #134) More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Elysium, Hecates Tholus, lava channels, lava flows, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, THEMIS Art, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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THEMIS: Elysium Fossae
THEMIS Image of the Day, January 14, 2016. Today’s VIS image shows a portion of one of the larger depressions on the NW edge of the Elysium volcanic complex. Portions of this large channel system appear to have been created … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, channels, Elysium, fluvial channels, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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THEMIS: Patapsco Vallis
THEMIS Image of the Day, April 8, 2014. Today’s VIS image shows a portion of Patapsco Vallis, located on the eastern margin of the Elysium volcanic complex. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Elysium, lava, lava channels, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Patapsco Vallis, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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Subsurface radar profiles Marte Vallis outflow channel in 3D
Ground-penetrating radar on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) reveals buried channels that show floods of water from Cerberus Fossae eroded Marte Vallis in two distinct stages, and they did so to a much greater extent than is visible today. The … Continue reading
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Tagged channels, Elysium, Elysium Planitia, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Marte Vallis, MRO, outflow channels, Shallow Radar, SHARAD, water
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Touching Mars from Earth
Remote sensing of Mars usually happens when spacecraft sensors look down from orbit around the Red Planet. But sensors on Earth can also get in on the fun, especially when they actively reach out to the planet via radio waves. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazonis, Arecibo Observatory, Cerberus, Elysium, lava flows, lava roughness, radar, Tharsis, Utopia, volcanic activity, volcanos
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Watch for falling rocks
A new investigation of Cerberus Fossae using HiRISE images shows that Mars is probably seismically active now or in the recent past. The clues are tracks left by boulders as they rolled downhill. Gerald Roberts (University of London) and colleagues … Continue reading
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Tagged Athabasca Valles, boulders, Cerberus Fossae, Elysium, fractures, graben, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, marsquakes, rockfalls, wind
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Elysium’s eruptive history
Elysium is Mars’ second-largest volcanic province after Tharsis. A new study by Thomas Platz and Gregory Michael (Freie Universität Berlin) published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters (October 30, 2011) counts craters on its volcanos and the main lava flows … Continue reading