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Tag Archives: Nili Patera
HiRISE: All along the fractures
We often take images of sand dunes to study the mobile soils. These images provide information about erosion and movement of surface material, about wind and weather patterns, even about the soil grains and grain sizes. However, looking past the … Continue reading
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Tagged active dunes, dunes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Nili Patera, sand dunes, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Nili Patera dunes
Dunesongs of Muad’Dib – Okay, it’s actually Nili Patera. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, dunes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Nili Patera, sand dunes, University of Arizona, wind
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THEMIS: Nili Patera false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, January 2, 2015. The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, color, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Nili Patera, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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HiRISE: Dune and ripple migration in Nili Patera
Nili Patera is a region on Mars in which dunes and ripples are moving rapidly. HiRISE continues to monitor this area every couple of months to see changes over seasonal and annual time scales. Here we see obvious activity over … Continue reading
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Tagged dunes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Nili Patera, sand dunes, sand ripples, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Active dunes of Nili Patera
Nili Patera is one of the most active dune fields on Mars. As such, it is continuously monitored with HiRISE, with a new image acquired about every six weeks. By monitoring the sand dune changes, we can determine how winds … Continue reading
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HiRISE image: Craters, dunes, and ridges in Nili Patera
Beautiful Mars series: Craters, dunes, and ridges in Nili Patera’s caldera. More Beautiful Mars images.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, dunes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Nili Patera, sand dunes, tectonics, University of Arizona, wrinkle ridges
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When did the Martian dynamo die?
Current thinking among Mars scientists holds that the Red Planet’s dynamo — the geo-engine in its molten core which generates a global magnetic field — was active soon after the planet formed, but turned off about 4 billion years ago. … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, core dynamo, dynamo, magnetic field, Meroe Patera, Nili Patera, Tyrrhenus Mons
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