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Tag Archives: fresh craters
HiRISE: A fresh crater in periglacial terrain
A fresh crater in periglacial terrain. This appears to be a relatively fresh crater in what is called periglacial terrain. Could any changes in the surface be related to ice? (Periglacial refers to an area adjacent to a glacier or … Continue reading
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Tagged fresh craters, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, periglacial processes, periglacial terrain, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Fresh impact near Airy Crater
A fresh impact near Airy Crater. By “fresh,” we are speaking in geological terms, of course, as this impact did not occur in our lifetimes. But we can still see the rim and the ejecta around the crater fairly well. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Airy Crater, Beautiful Mars, fresh craters, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, impact craters, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona, young craters
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HiRISE: Relatively recent impact in Arcadia Planitia
Remember the great impacts of yore? Well, those days are long gone, but Mars still gets hit with impacts and we’ve catalogued hundreds of them. This particular impact formed sometime between May 2014 and October 2017. It’s only meters in … Continue reading
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Tagged Arcadia Planitia, Beautiful Mars, fresh craters, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: New crater blues
New crater blues. This new impact was found by the Context Camera team who asked HiRISE to take a high-resolution image. They estimated the impact happened between January 2012 and September 2016, because they have a picture from the THEMIS … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, fresh craters, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, impacts, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Bang and whoosh!
This HiRISE image captures a new, dated (within about a decade) impact crater that triggered a slope streak. When the meteoroid hit the surface and exploded to make the crater, it also destabilized the slope and initiated this avalanche. The … Continue reading
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Tagged dark slope streaks, fresh craters, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: New impact site in southern mid-latitudes
Over 500 new impact events have been detected from before-and-after images, mostly from MRO’s Context Camera, with a HiRISE followup. Those new craters that expose shallow ice are of special interest, especially at latitudes where not previously detected, to better … Continue reading
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Tagged fresh craters, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, ice, impacts, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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Opportunity: Geologically fresh crater
Sol 4680, March 24, 2017. A relatively fresh crater from a small meteorite impact lies out on the sands of Meridiani, just west of the Endeavour Crater rim. (False color Pancam reconstruction by Holger Isenberg.) For a larger version, click … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Byron, Cape Tribulation, Endeavour Crater, fresh craters, impacts, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, Meridiani Planum, NASA, Opportunity
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HiRISE: New crater on a dusty slope
This image shows a new impact site originally detected by the Context Camera onboard MRO. The crater is on a dusty slope, which also has several dark slope streaks due to dust avalanches. A previous impact at another place on … Continue reading
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HiRISE: Cluster of recent impacts
The dark spots in this enhanced-color infrared image are the recent impact craters that occurred in the Tharsis region between 2008 and 2014. These impact craters were first discovered by the Mars Context Camera (or CTX, also onboard the Mars … Continue reading
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Tagged Context Camera, CTX, fresh craters, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Small fresh crater, with ejecta
Small fresh crater. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, crater ejecta, craters, fresh craters, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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