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

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

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

Posted in Reports | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off