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Tag Archives: Lucus Planum
HiRISE: Layers within a crater in Lucus Planum
Layers within a crater in Lucus Planum. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, layers, Lucus Planum, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Wind etching
THEMIS Image of the Day, June 9, 2016. Today’s VIS image is located near Memnonia Sulci, on the edge of Lucus Planum. The material at the top and left side of the image has been eroded by the wind to … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Lucus Planum, Mars Odyssey, Memnonia Sulci, NASA, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, yardangs
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HiRISE: Contact between strata in Lucus Planum
Contact between two differing strata types in west Lucus Planum — Material to the east and west sides exhibit differing erosional expression. Material to west exhibits thin layering of fairly uniform thickness and perhaps laterally discontinuous. The stuff on the west … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Lucus Planum, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sediments, strata, University of Arizona
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