Tag Archives: LPSC 2016

Mineral clues to subglacial volcanos in Sisyphi Montes

Posted on May 3, 2016 by rburnham

Volcanoes erupted beneath an ice sheet on Mars billions of years ago, far from any ice sheet on the Red Planet today, new evidence from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests. The research about these volcanoes helps show there was extensive … Continue reading →

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Opportunity: Moving higher for firmer ground & clay minerals

Posted on March 23, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 4323, March 23, 2016. Opportunity is exploring Marathon Valley because orbital spectrometry found exposures of water-altered clay minerals in the valley. But with the ground proving too loose to allow Opportunity to reach its intended outcrop target at Pvt. … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Ancient dune field, now rock, points to different past climate

Posted on March 22, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1288, March 21, 2016. Curiosity is driving across the Naukluft Plateau. This is part of the Stimson Formation, a flat-lying, thin-layered sandstone with crossbedded features that indicate it was once a field of dunes. (Click image to enlarge.) According … Continue reading →

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