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Recently formed crater clusters on Mars

Posted on March 8, 2019 by rburnham

[Editor’s note: From a paper by Ingrid Daubar and three co-authors recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.] Recently Formed Crater Clusters on Mars • We report on properties of new dated crater clusters on Mars; most clusters in … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Recent impact site in Noachis Terra

Posted on February 18, 2019 by rburnham

This image shows a recent impact in Noachis Terra in the southern mid-latitudes of Mars. The impact occurred in dark-toned ejecta material from a degraded, 60-kilometer crater to the south. Rather than a single impact crater, we see multiple impacts … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Triple strike on Solis Planum

Posted on June 6, 2017 by rburnham

THEMIS image of the Day, June 6, 2017. Today’s VIS image is of a group of craters in Solis Planum. Because three of the craters are overlapping it is possible to determine the order in which those three were created. … Continue reading →

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