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Category Archives: Reports
HiRISE: Triggered!
Triggered! A possible new impact site (formed at most between February 2004 and December 2011) is the likely cause of these slope streaks. Dark blast zones not seen in other images with lower resolution than HiRISE can often trigger a … Continue reading
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Tagged dark slope streaks, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, recent impacts, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Hills and graben in Cerberus Fossae
THEMIS Image of the Day, July 8, 2019. The two linear depressions at the bottom of today’s VIS image are part of Cerberus Fossae. The features are termed graben and are formed by crustal extension that allows material to subside … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Cerberus Fossae, faulting, graben, hills, Mars Odyssey, NASA, tectonics, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Ridge in Hesperia Planum
A ridge in Hesperia Planum. Our objective is to look for fault offsets to see if these thrusts are surface breaking or not. Hesperia Planum is a broad lava plain in the southern highlands of Mars. The plain is notable … Continue reading
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Tagged faults, Hesperia Planum, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, lava plains, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, ridges, tectonics, University of Arizona, wrinkle ridges
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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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THEMIS: Unusual feature in Arabia Terra crater
THEMIS Image of the Day, July 5, 2019. Today’s VIS image shows a complex block of material located on the floor of an unnamed crater in Arabia Terra. The feature is offset from the center of the circular depression and … Continue reading
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Tagged Arabia Terra, Arizona State University, ASU, chaotic terrain, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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Mars Express: Dust storms swirl at martian north pole
ESA’s Mars Express has been keeping an eye on local and regional dust storms brewing at the north pole of the Red Planet over the last month, watching as they disperse towards the equator. Local and regional storms lasting for … Continue reading
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Tagged DLR, dust storms, ESA, European Space Agency, FU Berlin, High Resolution Stereo Camera, HRSC, Mars Express, MEX, north polar ice cap, north polar region, Visual Monitoring Camera, VMC
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HiRISE: Channels and ripples in Schoner Crater
Channels and ripples in Schoner Crater. A HiWish public suggestion: “We would like a HiRISE image of the selected area to look for evidence of both fluvial and aeolian processes on the crater wall. Specifically, we are looking for channels … Continue reading
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Tagged channels, craters, eolian processes, fluvial processes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Schoner Crater, University of Arizona
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MARCI weather report, June 24-30, 2019
There was a slight uptick in frequency of dust-lifting events over the southern hemisphere of Mars this past week. Dust storms north of Argyre were once again advected equatorwards — this time extending past eastern Valles Marineris to Xanthe Terra. … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, dust storms, haze, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, MSSS, NASA, storms, weather, wind
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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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North polar layered deposits vary strongly in dust and composition
[Editor’s note: From a paper by Daniel Lalich and two co-authors recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.] Radar Reflectivity as a Proxy for the Dust Content of Individual Layers in the Martian North Polar Layered Deposits • Radar … Continue reading
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Tagged climate cycles, dust, north polar ice cap, north polar layered deposits, Shallow Radar, SHARAD
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