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Tag Archives: Mawrth Vallis
HiRISE: Inverted crater west of Mawrth Vallis
This image captures details of an approximately 1-kilometer inverted crater west of Mawrth Vallis. A Context Camera image provides context for the erosional features observed at this site. The location of this HiRISE image is north of the proposed landing … Continue reading
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Tagged High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, inverted topography, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mawrth Vallis, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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CRISM: Hydrated minerals in Chryse Planitia
The Chryse Planitia is a smooth circular plain that has a diameter of 1600 km, and has a depth of 2.5 km below its average surface altitude, making it one of Mars’s lowest regions. Chryse Planitia was a landing site … Continue reading
HiRISE: Prospecting from orbit
The combination of morphological and topographic information from stereo images, as well as compositional data from near-infrared spectroscopy has been proven to be a powerful tool for understanding the geology of Mars. Beginning with the OMEGA instrument on the European … Continue reading
HiRISE: The Painted Desert near Mawrth Vallis
The clay-rich terrain surrounding Mawrth Vallis is one of the most scenic regions of Mars, a future interplanetary park. Here, we cut a long, oblique view into strips to see the full color coverage in more compact form. The origin … Continue reading
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Tagged clay minerals, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mawrth Vallis, MRO, NASA, phyllosilicates, University of Arizona
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CRISM: Evidence of aqueous alteration near Mawrth Vallis
CRISM image 21BCB covers a region on the boundary of Chryse Planita, between Mawrth Vallis and Oyama crater. Chryse Planitia is a smooth circular 1600 km diameter plain that was a landing site for the U.S Viking 1 (landed July … Continue reading
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Tagged Chryse Planitia, clay minerals, Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, CRISM, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mawrth Vallis, MRO, NASA, Oyama Crater, phyllosilicates
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CRISM: Clays near Mawth Vallis
Mawrth Vallis is an ancient Mars river channel (~15km wide) located along the crustal dichotomy boundary that exposes abundant light-toned layers of clay-rich rocks. Indicative of aqueous alteration, these clays may have been deposited during massive flooding events or in … Continue reading
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Tagged clays, Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, CRISM, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mawrth Vallis, MRO, NASA, phyllosilicates
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ExoMars 2020: To Oxia Planum… or Mawrth Vallis
Two ancient sites on Mars that hosted an abundance of water in the planet’s early history have been recommended as the final candidates for the landing site of the 2020 ExoMars rover and surface science platform: Oxia Planum and Mawrth … Continue reading
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Tagged ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, Mawrth Vallis, Oxia Planum, Roscosmos
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ExoMars 2020 landing site workshop begins
The 4th ExoMars 2020 Landing Site Selection Workshop will be held on 27 – 28th March 2017 at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands. The two-day workshop will be run by the ExoMars 2020 Landing … Continue reading
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Tagged Aram Dorsum, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, Mawrth Vallis, Oxia Planum, Roscosmos
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ExoMars 2020 landing sites will narrow to two
On Monday 27 March, the 4th ExoMars Landing Site Selection Workshop will take place at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), The Netherlands. At the conclusion of the two-day meeting the Landing Site Selection Working Group will make … Continue reading
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Tagged Aram Dorsum, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, Mawrth Vallis, Oxia Planum, Roscosmos
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HiRISE: Entrance to Mawrth Vallis
In Andy Weir’s “The Martian,” stranded astronaut Mark Watney drives from the Ares 3 landing site in Acidalia Planitia towards the Ares 4 landing site in Schiaparelli Crater via Mawrth Vallis. This image covers the entrance to Mawrth Vallis. (Have … Continue reading
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Tagged Acidalia Planitia, Andy Weir, Ares 3, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mawrth Vallis, MRO, NASA, Schiaparelli Crater, The Martian, University of Arizona
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