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Tag Archives: impacts
HiRISE: Unlocking an impact crater’s clues
Mars is a dynamic planet. HiRISE has witnessed many surface changes over the past ten years, including hundreds of new craters formed by ongoing impacts. Most of these impacts are likely caused by asteroids that have strayed into collision courses … Continue reading
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HiRISE: 9-km impact crater and its central peak
This image reveals an impact crater, nine kilometers in diameter, with a central peak. Impact craters of various sizes and ages can be found across the Martian surface. Each impact crater on Mars possesses a unique origin and composition, which … Continue reading
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Tagged central peaks, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, impacts, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Hard knocks in Tyrrhena Terra
This enhanced-color image shows a small portion of a dark crater floor in the Tyrrhena Terra region of Mars. This is largely ancient hard bedrock that has been cratered by numerous impacts over the eons. Two other interesting geological features … Continue reading
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Tagged bedrock, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, impacts, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Tyrrhena Terra, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Raining rocks
Impact ejecta is material that is thrown up and out of the surface of a planet as a result of the impact of an meteorite, asteroid or comet. The material that was originally beneath the surface of the planet then … Continue reading
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Tagged crater ejecta, ejecta, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, impacts, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Young crater and wide-flung ejecta
THEMIS Image of the Day, January 31, 2017. Today’s VIS image shows two craters in Terra Cimmeria just north of Kepler Crater. The small crater in the middle of the image is a relatively new crater. The interior rim has … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, crater ejecta, impacts, Kepler Crater, Mars Odyssey, NASA, radial ejecta, rampart ejecta, Terra Cimmeria, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Crater with exposed layers
On Earth, geologists can dig holes and pull up core samples to find out what lies beneath the surface. On Mars, geologists cannot dig holes very easily themselves, but a process has been occurring for billions of years that has … Continue reading
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Tagged craters, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, impacts, layers, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Fresh impact crater near Ophir Chasma
Beauty mark. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, impacts, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Exposed fractured bedrock in a crater
This HiRISE image shows the central pit feature of an approximately 20-kilometer diameter complex crater in located at 304.480 degrees east, -11.860 degrees south, just north of the Valles Marineris. Here we can observe a partial ring of light-toned, massive … Continue reading
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Tagged bedrock, central pit, craters, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, impacts, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Secondary impacts in Orcus Patera
Secondary impacts in Orcus Patera. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, impacts, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Orcus Patera, secondary craters, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Crater & caldera on Elysium Mons
THEMIS Image of the Day, November 7, 2016. This VIS image shows two circular features. The flat floored feature at the top of the image is the summit caldera of Elysium Mons and was formed by volcanic activity. The bowl-shaped … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, calderas, craters, Elysium Mons, impacts, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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