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Tag Archives: Terra Sabaea
THEMIS: Dark slope streaks in Terra Sabaea
THEMIS Image of the Day, August 7, 2018. This VIS image is located in an unnamed crater in Terra Sabaea. The entire inner rim of the crater near the center of the image contains dark slope streaks. These features are … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, dark slope streaks, dust avalanches, Mars Odyssey, mass wasting, NASA, Terra Sabaea, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Dunes of Moreux Crater
THEMIS Image of the Day, July 31, 2018. Today’s VIS image shows part of the floor of Moreux Crater. Sand dunes are found in this region of the crater floor. Moreux Crater is located on the northern margin of Terra … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Mars Odyssey, Moreux Crater, NASA, sand, sand dunes, Terra Sabaea, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Indus Vallis winds through layered terrain
THEMIS Image of the Day, July 20, 2018. This VIS image shows a section of Indus Vallis. Indus Vallis is located in Terra Sabaea. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, fluvial channels, Indus Vallis, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Terra Sabaea, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Active dunes and possible glacier flow
THEMIS Image of the Day, July 6, 2018. This VIS image is located on the floor of an unnamed crater between Terra Sabaea and Utopia Planitia. The center of the image contains several regions of sand dunes. The dunes occupy … Continue reading
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Tagged active dunes, Arizona State University, ASU, dunes, glaciers, Mars Odyssey, NASA, sand dunes, Terra Sabaea, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Terra Sabaea lava tube turned into an open channel
THEMIS Image of the Day, July 3, 2018. This VIS image is located in Terra Sabaea near the margin of Syrtis Major Planum. The channel-like feature in the bottom of the image is an unnamed feature. There is a high … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, lava channel, lava tubes, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Syrtis Major, tectonics, Terra Sabaea, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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THEMIS: Winding channel in Terra Sabaea
THEMIS Image of the Day, June 1, 2018. The northern margin of Terra Sabaea is a complex area between a cratered highland and complexly eroded lower plains. This VIS image of the region shows just one of the numerous unnamed … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, fluvial channels, Mars Odyssey, NASA, tectonics, Terra Sabaea, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Mantling on Terra Sabaea channel
THEMIS Image of the Day, May 4, 2018. This VIS image shows one of the numerous unnamed channels in northern Terra Sabaea. The softened features in the image suggest that some kind of mantling material lies over much of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, channels, ice-rich mantling, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Terra Sabaea, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Dust avalanches in Terra Sabaea
THEMIS Image of the Day, July 21, 2017. This VIS image shows several dark slope streaks on the inner rim of an unnamed crater in Terra Sabaea. These features are thought to be formed by dust avalanches — downslope movement … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, dark slope streaks, dust avalanches, Indus Vallis, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Terra Sabaea, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Crater floor deposits in Terra Sabaea
Deposits on the floor of a crater in Terra Sabaea. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Terra Sabaea, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Preserved ejecta and impact melt
This image of a well-preserved unnamed elliptical crater in Terra Sabaea, is illustrative of the complexity of ejecta deposits forming as a by-product of the impact process that shapes much of the surface of Mars. Here we see a portion … Continue reading
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Tagged ejecta, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, impact melt, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Terra Sabaea, University of Arizona
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