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Category Archives: Reports
HiRISE: Cratered cones on northern plains
Cratered cones on northern plains. The title alone sounds delicious. These cratered cones might be mud volcanoes, landforms created by the eruption of mud or slurries, water and gases. No lava involved. HiRISE Picture of the Day archive. [More at … Continue reading
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Tagged High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, mud volcanos, NASA, northern plains, rootless cones, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Small graben in Acidalia Planitia
THEMIS Image of the Day, June 17, 2019. This false-color image shows a graben located in Acidalia Planitia. Graben are depressions caused by movement of material downward between paired tectonic faults. The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data … Continue reading
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Tagged Acidalia Planitia, Arizona State University, ASU, false color, graben, Mars Odyssey, NASA, tectonics, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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Curiosity update: An oasis of rock in a sea of pebbles
Sols 2437-39, June 14, 2019, update by MSL scientist Catherine O’Connell-Cooper: We are investigating the ridges which are such a prominent feature in this section of Glen Torridon. The ridges appear to be composed of sand and pebbles, capped with … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Almond, Angus, Braan, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Iapetus, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Teal, Teal Ridge, Tweed
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Curiosity: Alongside the ridge
Sol 2436, June 14, 2019. As scientists probe the low ridge, they are looking for rock outcrops that can tell them something of its structure and nature under the smooth, pebble-covered surface. Click the image to enlarge it. Sol 2436 … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Marwick Head, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Teal, Waypoint 4
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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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Curiosity update: So many choices, so little time
Sol 2436, June 14, 2019, update by MSL scientist Michelle Minitti: The planning day started with a change of plans. Due to a late-breaking change in relay pass scheduling, the decisional pass (the communication pass carrying the latest information about … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Marwick Head, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Teal, Waypoint 4
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CRISM: Olivine and pyroxene in ejecta from northern plains crater
CRISM scene HRL00003BEE covers an area in close proximity to a crater in the northern plains of Mars. In this image, we see strong Fe-rich olivine (yellow) and high calcium pyroxene (HCP, blue) signatures in the ejecta near the crater … Continue reading
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Tagged Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, crater ejecta, CRISM, mafic minerals, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, northern lowlands, northern plains
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HiRISE: A channel in the southern mid-latitudes
A channel in the southern mid-latitudes. The objective of this observation is to examine a channel on the eastern side of an eroded crater wall. This scene was also imaged by the Context Camera onboard MRO. HiRISE Picture of the … Continue reading
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Tagged channels, fluvial channels, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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Remote-sensing mast installed on 2020 rover
In this image, taken on June 5, 2019, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, take a moment after attaching the remote sensing mast to the Mars 2020 rover in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility’s High Bay 1 clean … Continue reading
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Tagged Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Jezero Crater, JPL, M2020, Mars 2020, Mars 2020 rover, NASA
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THEMIS: South polar layers
THEMIS Image of the Day, June 14, 2019. This VIS image shows part of the south polar cap. The numerous layers that comprise the polar cap are readily visible. The cap was built up over millions of years of deposition … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, carbon dioxide ice, dust, ice, Mars Odyssey, NASA, south polar ice cap, south polar layered deposits, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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