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Tag Archives: frost polygons
HiRISE: The Case of the Martian Boulder Piles
This image was originally meant to track the movement of sand dunes near the North Pole of Mars, but what’s on the ground in between the dunes is just as interesting! The ground has parallel dark and light stripes from … Continue reading
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Tagged frost heaves, frost polygons, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, periglacial processes, periglacial terrain, polygonal terrain, sand dunes, University of Arizona
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Enigmatic clastic polygons on Mars
Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month, February 1, 2018: Laura Brooker (Open University, Milton Keynes, UK). Polygonal ground of centimetre- to decametre-scale is one of the most common features found in cold-climate regions on Earth and on Mars. Polygonal shapes … Continue reading
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Tagged frost polygons, ice polygons, Lyot Crater, periglacial processes, periglacial terrain, polygonal terrain
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