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Tag Archives: pedestal craters
HiRISE: Preserving ice from a vanished terrain
This HiRISE image shows what is termed a pedestal crater, so-called because the level of the surface adjacent to the crater is elevated relative to the surface of the surrounding terrain. The raised surface has patterns and a general outline … Continue reading
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HiRISE: Polygons, dust devil tracks, inverted craters
Beautiful Mars series. Polygons, dust devil tracks, and inverted craters. More Beautiful Mars images.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, dust devil tracks, dust devils, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, pedestal craters, polygonal terrain, University of Arizona, wind
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HiRISE: Pedestal crater in Eumenides Dorsum
Beautiful Mars series. Pedestal crater in the Eumenides Dorsum region. More Beautiful Mars images.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, Eumenides Dorsum, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, mass wasting, MRO, NASA, pedestal craters, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Dust devil tracks
THEMIS Image of the Day, March 31, 2014. A multitude of dust devil tracks mark the suface in this region of Utopia Planitia. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, dust, dust devil tracks, Mars Odyssey, NASA, pedestal craters, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Utopia Planitia
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THEMIS: Dust devil tracks in Utopia
THEMIS Image of the Day, March 11, 2014. Today’s VIS image shows dust devil tracks covering most of the surface in this region of Utopia Planitia. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, craters, dust, dust devil tracks, dust devils, Mars Odyssey, NASA, pedestal craters, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Utopia Planitia
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THEMIS image: More Utopia dust devils
THEMIS Image of the Day, February 12, 2014. Today’s VIS image shows a different part of Utopia Planitia than yesterday’s image. Both are marked with hundreds of dust devil tracks. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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THEMIS image: Dust devil tracks in Utopia
THEMIS Image of the Day, February 11, 2014. The dark markings in this VIS image are tracks made by the passage of “dust devils”. Dust devils are common in the extensive plains of the northern latitudes. This image is located … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, craters, dust, dust devils, Mars Odyssey, NASA, pedestal craters, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Utopia
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Mini pedestal craters suggest tropical ice deposits
Craters surrounded by debris aprons that stand above the surrounding surface are known as pedestal craters. Scientists think the slab-like apron of ejecta around such craters covers layers that are rich in water ice. Nearly all pedestal craters found so … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, craters, Daedalia Planum, HiRISE, ice, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, pedestal craters
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Peeking into a stacked deck
No one is planning to send a Mars rover into the high latitudes (north or south) anytime soon, but if a paper in Icarus (June 2011) by Seth J. Kadish and James W. Head (both Brown University) is correct, scientists … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, craters, dust, ice, impacts, pedestal craters, polar layered deposits
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