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Tag Archives: mud volcanos
HiRISE: Cratered cones on northern plains
Cratered cones on northern plains. The title alone sounds delicious. These cratered cones might be mud volcanoes, landforms created by the eruption of mud or slurries, water and gases. No lava involved. HiRISE Picture of the Day archive. [More at … Continue reading
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Tagged High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, mud volcanos, NASA, northern plains, rootless cones, University of Arizona
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Sedimentary volcanism in southern Chryse Planitia: varieties of mud volcanos
[Editor’s note: From a paper by Petr Broz and four co-authors recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.] Subsurface Sediment Mobilization in the Southern Chryse Planitia on Mars • Southern Chryse Planitia contains a large field of Amazonian‐aged extrusive … Continue reading
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Tagged Chryse Planitia, mud, mud flows, mud volcanos, outflow sediments, sediments
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HiRISE: A volcano — of mud or lava?
This image shows a hill with a central crater. Such features have been interpreted as both mud volcanoes (really a sedimentary structure) and as actual volcanoes (the erupting lava kind). They occur on the floor of Valles Marineris below a … Continue reading
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Tagged High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, lava, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, mud volcanos, NASA, University of Arizona, Valles Marineris, volcanos
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HiRISE: Cratered cones in Acidalia Planitia
This image shows part of a broad plain covered with cratered cones and domes in the Northern lowlands of Mars. These cones are typically lighter and smoother than their surroundings, and also have different colors. One possible explanation for these … Continue reading
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Tagged Acidalia Planitia, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, mud volcanos, NASA, northern lowlands, northern plains, pseudocones, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Cones in circles
Cones in circles. There are different interpretations of these features and their origin, including volcanic and extruded sediments (e.g. mud volcanoes). Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, mud volcanos, NASA, pseudocones, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Lonely mound
Beautiful Mars series. Lonely mound on the northern lowlands. More Beautiful Mars images.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, mud volcanos, NASA, northern plains, University of Arizona
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