Tag Archives: recent impacts

HiRISE: Triggered!

Posted on July 8, 2019 by rburnham

Triggered! A possible new impact site (formed at most between February 2004 and December 2011) is the likely cause of these slope streaks. Dark blast zones not seen in other images with lower resolution than HiRISE can often trigger a … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: A work of art

Posted on June 6, 2019 by rburnham

A work of art. An impressionist painting? No, it’s a new impact crater that has appeared on the surface of Mars, formed at most between September 2016 and February 2019. What makes this stand out is the darker material exposed … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Impact-induced dust avalanches

Posted on April 16, 2019 by rburnham

HiRISE has been imaging new dark features discovered by MRO’s Context Camera, which are mostly new impact sites. In this scene we see what appears to be a new impact cluster and, extending downhill from the craters, new dark slope … 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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