-
Recent Posts
Tags
Aeolis Mons Arizona State University ASU atmosphere Beautiful Mars Cape Tribulation clouds craters Curiosity dunes dust Endeavour Crater ESA European Space Agency Gale Crater High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment HiRISE Malin Space Science Systems Marathon Valley MARCI Mars Color Imager Mars Exploration Rover Mars Odyssey Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Science Laboratory mass wasting MER Mount Sharp MRO MSL MSSS Murray Formation NASA Opportunity sand dunes Stimson Formation storms THEMIS THEMIS Image of the Day Thermal Emission Imaging System University of Arizona Vera Rubin Ridge volcanics weather windArchives
Links
general
mission instruments
- CRISM: Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars
- CTX: Context Camera
- HiRISE: High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
- MARSIS: Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding
- SHARAD: Shallow Radar
- THEMIS: Thermal Emission Imaging System
missions
- All Mars missions list
- Curiosity rover
- ExoMars
- Hope (al-Amal) orbiter
- InSight
- Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN)
- Mars Exploration Rovers (MER)
- Mars Express (MEX)
- Mars Odyssey
- Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) / Mangalyaan
- Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
- Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
- Perseverance Rover
- Tianwen-1 orbiter/rover
news
Tag Archives: faulting
HiRISE: Faults and pitted mounds in Utopia Planitia
Faults and pitted mounds in Utopia Planitia. This is the summit of a high massif. Beautiful Mars series.
Posted in Reports
Tagged Beautiful Mars, faulting, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, mounds, MRO, NASA, pitted mounds, University of Arizona, Utopia Planitia
Comments Off
THEMIS: Lava tube takes a sharp turn
THEMIS Image of the Day, November 6, 2017. This image shows part of the eastern flank of Pavonis Mons. Surface lava flows run down hill from the upper left of the image towards the bottom right. Perpendicular to that trend … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, faulting, faults, graben, lava channels, lava flows, lava tubes, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Pavonis Mons, Tharsis, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
Comments Off
THEMIS: Fractures on Pavonis Mons’ flank
THEMIS Image of the Day, October 31, 2017. This image shows part of the western flank of Pavonis Mons. The linear features are faults. Faulting usually includes change of elevation, where blocks of material slide down the fault. Paired faults … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, faulting, faults, graben, lava channels, lava flows, lava tubes, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Pavonis Mons, tectonics, Tharsis, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
Comments Off
THEMIS: Secondary caldera atop Ascraeus Mons
THEMIS Image of the Day, September 8, 2017. This image shows part of the complex caldera at the summit of the volcano. Calderas are found at the tops of volcanoes and are the source region for magma that rises from … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged Arizona State University, Ascraeus Mons, ASU, calderas, collapse features, faulting, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Tharsis, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics, volcanism, volcanos
Comments Off
THEMIS: Flows and faults on Ascraeus Mons
THEMIS Image of the Day, August 29, 2017. Looking again at the southeastern flank of the volcano the narrow nature of the flows are visible. Given the steep sides of the volcano, flows from the summit run as narrow “rivers” … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged Arizona State University, Ascraeus Mons, ASU, faulting, faults, lava channels, lava flows, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Tharsis, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics, volcanism, volcanos
Comments Off
THEMIS: Faults and gullies in Hebes Chasma
THEMIS Image of the Day, August 16, 2017. This image shows the part of the northern cliff face of Hebes Chasma at the top of the image. The linear features aligned diagonally across the top of the image are large … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, faulting, gullies, Hebes Chasma, Hebes Mensa, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Valles Marineris
Comments Off
HiRISE: Faults in Melas Chasma
Faults in Melas Chasma. Beautiful Mars series.
Posted in Reports
Tagged Beautiful Mars, faulting, faults, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Melas Chasma, MRO, NASA, tectonics, University of Arizona
Comments Off