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Tag Archives: ice cap
THEMIS: Polar trough
THEMIS Image of the Day, December 5, 2014. This VIS image shows one of many troughs located on the south polar cap. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, ice, ice cap, katabatic jump, Mars Odyssey, NASA, polar troughs, south polar ice cap, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: South polar layers
THEMIS Image of the Day, October 28, 2014. Today’s VIS image shows layering in the south polar cap. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, ice, ice cap, Mars Odyssey, NASA, south polar ice cap, south polar layered deposits, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: South polar layers
THEMIS Image of the Day, September 29, 2014. Today’s VIS image shows layering in the south polar cap. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, ice, ice cap, Mars Odyssey, NASA, south polar ice cap, south polar layered deposits, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Polar layers
THEMIS Image of the Day, August 15, 2014. This VIS image shows the layering of the north polar cap. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, ice cap, ice caps, layers, Mars Odyssey, NASA, north polar ice cap, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Rupes Tenuis
THEMIS Image of the Day, July 9, 2014. The cliff face in this VIS image is called Rupes Tenuis (rupes = scarp). The polar cap is the higher region to the left and the plains are located on the right … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, ice cap, Mars Odyssey, NASA, north polar ice cap, Rupes Tenuis, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Polar trough
Polar trough. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, ice cap, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, north polar ice cap, north polar layered deposits, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Polar layers
THEMIS Image of the Day, May 9, 2014. This VIS image shows the layering of the ice at the north pole. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, ice, ice cap, Mars Odyssey, NASA, north polar ice cap, north polar layered deposits, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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Southern polar eskers point to warmer past
Ice caps and glaciers on Mars today are “cold based,” meaning they are frozen solid to the ground beneath them. Scientists think the ice has been this way for most of the Amazonian period, the latest chapter in Mars’ geological … Continue reading
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Tagged Dorsa Argentea Formation, eskers, glaciers, heat flow, ice cap, south polar ice cap
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Ice cap winds spread polar gypsum
The north polar cap of Mars is surrounded by a vast dune field, about as large as Earth’s Kalahari Desert, that contains extensive deposits of gypsum. The gypsum’s origin has been debated since the mineral was discovered in 2005, yet … Continue reading
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Tagged basal unit, climate change, CRISM, dunes, dust, gypsum, ice cap, katabatic winds, north polar ice cap, OMEGA, polar layered deposits, wind
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