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Tag Archives: sediments
Curiosity: Water-altered (& faulted?) layers
Sol 1314, April 17, 2016. The Remote Micro-Imager (RMI) made this five-frame composite of layers in Mt. Sharp. The lower layers appear darker in color than the layers above, perhaps due to alteration by water during one or more of … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, crater lakes, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, NASA, Piambo, Remote Micro-Imager, RMI, sediments
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THEMIS: Crater – false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, January 25, 2016. Today’s false color image shows an unnamed crater located on the floor of the much larger Schiaparelli Crater. The dark blue material located in the topographic lows is basaltic sand. The THEMIS … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Mars Odyssey, NASA, sand, Schiaparelli Crater, sediments, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Fans, layers, & channels in Roddy Crater
Fans, layers, and channels on the floor of Roddy Crater. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged alluvial fans, Beautiful Mars, channels, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, layers, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, outwash fans, Roddy Crater, sediments, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Eos Chasma – false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, January 1, 2016. The THEMIS 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 of … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, canyons, Eos Chasma, interior layered deposits, Mars Odyssey, NASA, sediments, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Candor Chasma – false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, November 6, 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, Candor Chasma, canyons, interior layered deposits, Mars Odyssey, NASA, sediments, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Layers and fractures in Ophir Chasma
Ophir Chasma forms the northern portion of Valles Marineris, and this image features a small part of its wall and floor. The wall rock shows many sedimentary layers and the floor is covered with wind-blown ridges, which are intermediate in … Continue reading
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Tagged fractures, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, layers, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Ophir Chasma, sediments, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Contact between strata in Lucus Planum
Contact between two differing strata types in west Lucus Planum — Material to the east and west sides exhibit differing erosional expression. Material to west exhibits thin layering of fairly uniform thickness and perhaps laterally discontinuous. The stuff on the west … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Lucus Planum, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sediments, strata, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Cone shaped hill
There are many hills and knobs on Mars that reveal aspects of the local geologic history. Typically the hills in the relatively-smooth region surrounding this image are flat topped erosional remnants or mesas with irregular or even polyhedral margins. These … Continue reading
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Tagged High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, hills, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, mass wasting, MRO, NASA, sediments, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: The Martian, Part 4: Schiaparelli Crater rim
THEMIS Image of the Day, October 15, 2015. All this week, the THEMIS Image of the Day is following on the real Mars the path taken by fictional astronaut Mark Watney, stranded on the Red Planet in the book and … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Mark Watney, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Schiaparelli Crater, sediments, The Martian, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Geologic contact in Aeolus Dorsa
Geologic contact between fluvial deposits in Aeolus Dorsa — That blue is basaltic (volcanic) sand. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Aeolis Dorsa, basaltic sand, Beautiful Mars, fluvial deposits, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sand, sediments, University of Arizona
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