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Tag Archives: Tempe Terra
THEMIS: Labeatis Fossae in Tempe Terra
THEMIS Image of the Day, July 4, 2019. The linear depressions in this VIS image are graben called Labeatis Fossae. Graben are formed when extension between paired faults causes the material to move downward. These are part of a general … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, faults, graben, Labeatis Fossae, Mars Odyssey, NASA, tectonics, Tempe Terra, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Impact crater near Tempe Terra
An impact crater near Tempe Terra. Despite this crater likely being extremely old and filled-in with material, we can still see its ejecta blanket. Beautiful Mars series. [More at links]
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, crater ejecta, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, impact craters, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Tempe Terra, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Graben in Tempe Fossae in false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, October 26, 2018. This false-color VIS image shows part of Tempe Fossae. Tempe Fossae is a series of tectonic graben that cross Tempe Terra. The downward movement of blocks of material between bounding faults create … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, false color, graben, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Tempe Fossae, Tempe Terra, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: This is not the hydrothermal deposit you’re looking for
A hotspot for exploration on Mars centers on areas that were once, or are currently, next to a significant source of heat such as volcanoes. Martian volcanoes have not been active for the last couple million years, but beneath the … Continue reading
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Tagged High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, hydrothermal systems, lava flows, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Tempe Terra, University of Arizona, volcanics
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HiRISE: Fans and valleys
An impact crater approximately 23 kilometers across is home to fan-shaped deposits that extend from the rim and sit on the interior crater floor. Thick beds with varying tone are exposed along the edge of the fan. Shallow valleys that … Continue reading
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Tagged Acidalia Planitia, alluvial fan deposits, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Tempe Terra, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: The inevitability of erosion
The inevitability of erosion. Crater-fill deposits in Tempe Terra. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, erosion, erosional remnants, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, mass wasting, MRO, NASA, Tempe Terra, University of Arizona
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Geologically recent glacial melting on Mars
Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month, March 1, 2018: Frances E.G. Butcher (Open University, Milton Keynes, UK). Thousands of putative debris-covered glaciers in Mars’ middle latitudes host water ice in volumes comparable to that of all glaciers and ice caps … Continue reading
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Tagged eskers, glaciers, mid-latitude glaciers, periglacial processes, periglacial terrain, Tempe Terra
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THEMIS: Cracked slabs of lava in Tempe Terra
THEMIS Image of the Day, June 20, 2017. Do you see what I see? Is that a praying mantis looking at me? (THEMIS Art #129) More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, lava, lava flows, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Tempe Terra, THEMIS, THEMIS Art, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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THEMIS: Tempe Fossae graben in false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, April 14, 2017. Today’s false color image shows a section of Tempe Fossae located in Tempe Terra. This is a graben that formed when subsurface forces pulled the ground apart, and a portion of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, graben, Mars Odyssey, NASA, tectonics, Tempe Fossae, Tempe Terra, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Across the slopes in Tempe Terra
Across the slopes in Tempe Terra. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, mass wasting, MRO, NASA, Tempe Terra, University of Arizona
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