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Category Archives: Reports
THEMIS: Bumpy hills of Arianes Colles
THEMIS Image of the Day, March 18, 2019. Today’s VIS image shows part of Ariadnes Colles. The term colles means hills or knobs. The hills appear brighter than the surrounding lowlands, likely due to relatively less dust cover. Ariadnes Colles … Continue reading
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Tagged Ariadnes Colles, Arizona State University, ASU, hills, Mars Odyssey, NASA, periglacial terrain, rock glaciers, Terra Cimmeria, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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Curiosity: OK, where are we?
Sol 2347, March 14, 2019. With the rover back online, mission controllers directed Curiosity to take a 12-frame panorama using the Navcam. The composite above looks ahead, while the one below looks behind. Click either image to enlarge it. Sol … 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
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HiRISE: When the lighting is just right
When the lighting is just right. Almost all of our images are taken in the Martian afternoon, around 3 p.m., and sometimes the lighting conditions make a particularly striking image. These are layered sediments in east Melas Chasma. HiRISE Picture … Continue reading
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Tagged High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, layered deposits, layers, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Melas Chasma, MRO, NASA, sedimentary deposits, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: South polar ice cap layers
THEMIS Image of the Day, March 15, 2019. This VIS image is located on the South Polar cap. The linear features are the steep side of a polar trough. At troughs the extensive layering of the ice is exposed. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, climate change, climate cycles, 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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Curiosity update: Ctrl+Alt+Del
Sols 2347-48, March 14, 2019, update by MSL scientist Scott Guzewich: Curiosity is back to work after another hiatus due to a computer reset. These sorts of resets do happen from time to time for operating spacecraft and we’re able … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Fife, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Schiehallion
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ExoMars: Images of InSight lander and more
Curious surface features, water-formed minerals, 3D stereo views, and even a sighting of the InSight lander showcase the impressive range of imaging capabilities of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. The ESA-Roscosmos Trace Gas Orbiter, or TGO, launched three years ago … Continue reading
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Tagged CaSSIS, chlorides, Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System, Elysium Planitia, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, InSight, Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, NASA, Roscosmos, salts, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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HiRISE: Overlapping rims of craters
Overlapping rims of craters. This image is, literally, of the overlapping part on the eastern side, so it might not be obvious there are two craters here. Nonetheless, our objective is to observe the elevation change in the craters along with … Continue reading
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Tagged High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, impact processes, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona, Xanthe Terra
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Curiosity: What’s in front, what’s behind
Sol 2346, March 13, 2019. Front and rear views from the right-side Hazcams show the immediate surroundings of Curiosity. (Click either image to enlarge it.) The rear view gives a slightly different perspective on the layered rock dubbed Muir of … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Muir of Ord, Murray Formation, NASA
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THEMIS: Claritas Fossae channel
THEMIS Image of the Day, March 14, 2019. Today’s VIS image shows a section of an unnamed channel. This channel starts in Claritas Fossae and empties down into Icaria Planum. The linear features that parallel the sides of the image … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Claritas Fossae, fluvial channels, Icaria Planum, Mars Odyssey, NASA, tectonics, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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Lake under south polar ice cap requires local heat source
Thermal modeling suggests that active magmatism in the past few hundred thousand years could account for the presence of a large lake previously hypothesized beneath the Red Planet’s southern ice cap. Liquid water appears to be a fundamental requirement for … Continue reading
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Tagged heat flow, magmatism, salts, south polar ice cap, south polar region, subglacial lakes, water
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