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Tag Archives: Noctis Labyrinthus
THEMIS: Cracks, pits, faults, & graben in the Labyrinth of Night
THEMIS Image of the Day, October 25, 2016. This VIS image shows some of the graben which form Noctis Labyrinthus. Graben are formed when pairs of faults cause the material between them to move downward, creating the linear trough. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, faults, graben, lava tubes, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Noctis Labyrinthus, pit craters, tectonics, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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HiRISE: Dreaming of graben in the Labyrinth of Night
Noctis Labyrinthus is a highly tectonized region immediately to the west of Valles Marineris. It formed when Mars’ crust stretched itself apart. In this region, the crust first stretched in a north-south direction (as evidenced by the east-west trending scarp) … Continue reading
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Tagged graben, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Noctis Labyrinthus, tectonics, University of Arizona, Valles Marineris
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HiRISE: Possible sulfates in Noctis Labyrinthus
Possible sulfates in Noctis Labyrinthus. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Noctis Labyrinthus, sulfates, University of Arizona
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Lakes in Noctis Labyrinthus: ancient habitable environments?
Groundwater circulation beneath a massive tectonic rift zone located along the flanks of some the Solar System’s largest volcanic plateaus resulted in the formation more than 3 billion years ago of some the deepest basins on Mars, according to a … Continue reading
HiRISE: Jarosite in Noctis Labyrinthus
This image shows the western side of an elongated pit depression in eastern Noctis Labyrinthus. Along the pit’s upper wall is a light-toned layered deposit. CRISM spectra extracted from the light-toned deposit are consistent with the mineral jarosite, which is … Continue reading
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Tagged High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, jarosite, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Noctis Labyrinthus, University of Arizona
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HRSC: Noctis Labyrinthus in perspective
A small portion of the vast Noctis Labyrinthus region, part of a complex graben system relating to volcanic activity in the Tharsis region. As the crust bulged it stretched apart nearby terrain, ripping fractures several kilometres deep and leaving blocks … Continue reading
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Tagged DLR, ESA, European Space Agency, FU Berlin, High Resolution Stereo Camera, HRSC, Mars Express, MEX, Noctis Labyrinthus
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HiRISE: Light-toned hydrated deposits
Light-toned hydrated deposits in eastern Noctis Labyrinthus — Because no likes a deposit with split ends. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, hydrated minerals, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Noctis Labyrinthus, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Noctis Labyrinthus false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, December 2, 2014. This false color image covers part of Noctis Labyrinthus. The bluish tone in the lower elevation depressions may indicate atmospheric haze. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, atmosphere, canyons, haze, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Noctis Labyrinthus, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Water-bearing rocks in Noctis Labyrinthus
The bright rocks in this image have minerals that contain water. These water-bearing minerals are found using the companion instrument on the MRO spacecraft called CRISM. By combining the spectral data from the CRISM instrument with the high resolution visible … Continue reading
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Tagged aqueous minerals, CRISM, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Noctis Labyrinthus, University of Arizona, water
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Against the current with lava flows
Primeval lava flows formed the massive canyons and gorge systems on Mars. Water, by contrast, was far too scarce on the Red Planet to have cut these gigantic valleys into the landscape. This is the conclusion of several years of … Continue reading