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THEMIS: Ma’adim Vallis

THEMIS Image of the Day, January 23, 2019. This VIS image shows a small section of Ma’adim Vallis. Ma’adim Vallis is located in Terra Cimmeria and empties into Gusev Crater, the home of the MER Spirit rover. See more THEMIS … Continue reading

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What the Spirit rover’s Microscopic Imager found

[Editor’s note: From a paper by Ken Herkenhoff and 31 co-authors recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.] Overview of Spirit Microscopic Imager Results The Microscopic Imager (MI) on NASA’s Spirit rover returned the highest‐resolution images of the Martian … Continue reading

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HiRISE: Light-toned mounds in Gorgonum Basin

Gorgonum Basin is one of several large basins within the Terra Sirenum region of Mars. Each basin has light-toned mounds, many of which contain clays. Scientists think that Terra Sirenum once had a large lake during an epoch called the … Continue reading

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Looking for Mars life — in Chile

Two geoscientists at Arizona State University have made a discovery among hot springs in Chile that may spur scientists to revisit a location on Mars explored several years ago by NASA’s Spirit rover. The discovery involves fingerlike structures that form … Continue reading

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