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Category Archives: Reports
THEMIS: Ascraeus Mons flank and lava plains
THEMIS Image of the Day, August 1, 2019. This VIS image is located where the southeastern flank of Ascraeus Mons meets the surrounding volcanic plains. Ascraeus Mons is the northernmost of the three large Tharsis volcanoes. Explore more THEMIS Images … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, Ascraeus Mons, ASU, lava flows, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Tharsis, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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Curiosity update: A drill with a view
Sols 2482-83, July 30, 2019, update by MSL scientist Mariah Baker: The rover is currently located in the southern part of the “Visionarium,” where we are set to start our next drill campaign, and we can’t help but take in … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Etive, Glen Etive 1, Glen Etive 2, Glen Torridon, Liddel, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Ninian, Southern Outcrop, Visionarium
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HiRISE: Possible jarosite on a plateau in Nili Fossae
Possible jarosite on a plateau in Nili Fossae. Recent analyses of CRISM data have discovered jarosite in this portion of the trough wall, possibly within a previously identified aluminum clay unit. Jarosite is a sulfate mineral also detected by the … Continue reading
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Tagged CRISM, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, jarosite, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Nili Fossae, Opportunity, Spirit, sulfates, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Mega-gullies in Sinai Planum
THEMIS Image of the Day, July 31, 2019. Today’s VIS image shows part a section of a mega gully. Located on the plains of Sinai Planum, it is just one of a number of huge channels that line the cliff … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, gullies, Ius Chasma, Mars Odyssey, mega-gullies, NASA, Sinai Planum, tectonics, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Valles Marineris
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Latest weather at Gale Crater and Elysium Planitia
Daily Elysium charts and data (temperature, wind speed, atmospheric pressure) here.
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Tagged Curiosity, dust storms, Elysium Planitia, Gale Crater, InSight, Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, NASA, temperature, Temperature and Wind for InSight, TWINS, weather
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HiRISE: Small craters in Promethei Terra
Small craters in Promethei Terra. The target area is for the theoretical landing of a rover, in a flat area close by. The craters in the target area are important because they are a potential source of rock samples that … Continue reading
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Tagged crater ejecta, craters, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, mid-latitude mantling, MRO, NASA, Promethei Terra, regolith, University of Arizona
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Curiosity: Northern perspective
Sol 2480, July 29, 2019. From atop the Southern Outcrop, five Navcam frames profile the exposed rock in front of Curiosity, as well as the terrain it has crossed to get here — note the two wheel tracks as they … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Southern Outcrop, Vera Rubin Ridge, Visionarium
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THEMIS: Elysium Chasma
THEMIS Image of the Day, July 30, 2019. This fracture system is called Elysium Chasma. Located west of Elysium Mons, it is just one of many large fractures in the Elysium volcanic complex. Explore more THEMIS Images of the Day … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Elysium Chasma, faulting, graben, Mars Odyssey, NASA, tectonics, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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Curiosity update: On the lookout for a drill site
Sol 2481, July 29, 2019, update by MSL scientist Vivian Sun: After a successful ascent to the top of the southern outcrop in the “Visionarium,” we are now searching for our next drill site. There were no bedrock exposures available … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Blaven, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Lyon, Glen Orchy, Glen Torridon, Hebrides, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Southern Outcrop, Visionarium
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Daedalia Planum flows combine dusty surfaces and exposed lava outcrops
[Editor’s note: From a paper by Christine Simurda and two co-authors recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.] The Unusual Thermophysical and Surface Properties of the Daedalia Planum Lava Flows • Unusual thermophysical variations are present on lava flows … Continue reading
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Tagged Daedalia Planum, dust, lava flows, thermal inertia, thermal properties, volcanics
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