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Tag Archives: Hellas Planitia
HRSC: Craters within the Hellas basin
Scarring the southern highlands of Mars is one of the Solar System’s largest impact basins: Hellas, with a diameter of 2300 km and a depth of over 7 km. Hellas is thought to have formed between 3.8 and 4.1 billion … Continue reading
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Tagged craters, DLR, ESA, European Space Agency, Hellas Planitia, High Resolution Stereo Camera, HRSC, impacts, Mars Express, MEX
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HiRISE: Glaciation at the eastern Hellas margin
Hellas Crater in the ancient highlands contains some of the clearest evidence on Mars for glacial processes. This image, on the eastern margin of the giant impact crater, shows a number of features consistent with glaciation. There are roughly north-south … Continue reading
HiRISE: Out and about in Hellas Planitia
Beautiful Mars series: Out and about in Hellas Planitia. More Beautiful Mars images.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, Hellas Planitia, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Layered bedrock north of Hellas Planitia
Beautiful Mars series: Layered bedrock north of Hellas Planitia. More Beautiful Mars images.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, Hellas Planitia, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Textured materials
Beautiful Mars series: Textured materials in northwest Hellas Planitia. More Beautiful Mars images.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, Hellas Planitia, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE image: Textured materials
Beautiful Mars series: Textured materials in northwest Hellas Planitia. More Beautiful Mars images.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, Hellas Planitia, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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Hadriaca Patera’s heavy footprint
On the northeast edge of the giant Hellas impact basin, the thick stack of lava in the volcano Hadriaca Patera weighed so much it depressed the Martian surface immediately around it. This bent and cracked the crust on the volcano’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Dao Vallis, Hadriaca Patera, Hellas Planitia, High Resolution Stereo Camera, HRSC, Mars Express, Niger Vallis, outflow channels, volcanos
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