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Tag Archives: Tyrrhena Terra
THEMIS: Tyrrhena Terra – false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, March 16, 2016. Today’s false color image shows a hill in Tyrrhena Terra. The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, hills, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Tyrrhena Terra
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HiRISE: Clays exposed by an impact
Clays exposed by an impact in Tyrrhena Terra — Tyrrhena Terra is south of the Martian equator and immediately northeast of the giant Hellas basin. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, clays, Hellas Basin, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, phyllosilicates, Tyrrhena Terra, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Tyrrhena Terra — false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, July 31, 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, color, craters, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Tyrrhena Terra
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HiRISE: Floor of a crater in Tyrrhena Terra
Floor of a crater in Tyrrhena Terra. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, dunes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sand dunes, Tyrrhena Terra, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Tyrrhena Terra central peak dunes
Tyrrhena Terra central peak dunes. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, central peaks, dunes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sand dunes, Tyrrhena Terra, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Tyrrhena Terra false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, December 12, 2014. 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, color, craters, ejecta, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Tyrrhena Terra
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HiRISE: Potential high-temperature mineral
Beautiful Mars series. Potential high-temperature mineral in Terra Tyrrhena knob. More Beautiful Mars images.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Tyrrhena Terra, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Dunes in Tyrrhena Terra
Beautiful Mars series: Dunes in Tyrrhena Terra. More Beautiful Mars images.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, dunes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sand dunes, Tyrrhena Terra, University of Arizona, wind
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CRISM: Carbonate and phyllosilicates in Leighton Crater
This image shows alteration products in the central peak of Leighton Crater, a 65-kilometer diameter crater in the Tyrrhena Terra region of the southern highlands. This CRISM image reveals the presence of hydrated iron-magnesium phyllosilicate and carbonate minerals (shown in … Continue reading
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Tagged carbonate minerals, Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, CRISM, Leighton Crater, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, phyllosilicates, Tyrrhena Terra
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CRISM image: phyllosilicates in a Tyrrhena Terra crater rim
This image shows layers clays and clay-like minerals called phyllosilicates that are exposed in Tyrrhena Terra, part of Mars’ ancient, heavily-cratered southern highlands. Tyrrhena Terra is roughly 2,300 kilometers (1,430 miles) across, about the size of Earth’s continent of Antarctica! … Continue reading
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Tagged Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, CRISM, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, phyllosilicates, Tyrrhena Terra, weathering
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