Tag Archives: alluvial fans

HiRISE: Stratified fan material in Baltisk Crater

Posted on July 31, 2017 by rburnham

Stratified fan material in Baltisk Crater. Beautiful Mars series.

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HiRISE: A sneak peek into Saheki’s secret layers

Posted on April 4, 2017 by rburnham

Saheki Crater is large, about 84 kilometers across, and located in the Southern highlands of Mars, to the north of Hellas Planitia. It’s filled with beautiful alluvial fans that formed when water (likely melting snow) carried fine material, such as … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Peace Vallis alluvial fan in Gale Crater

Posted on December 22, 2016 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, December 22, 2016. Today’s false color image shows part of Gale Crater. Gale Crater is the home of the Curiosity Rover. The channel descending from the rim rocks at top is called Peace Vallis, and a … Continue reading →

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Karun Valles & its braided alluvial fan

Posted on September 29, 2016 by rburnham

Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month, September 29, 2016: Solmaz Adeli (DLR, Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin). The Amazonian period on Mars, meaning roughly the last 3 Ga, is globally believed to have been cold and hyperarid [e.g., Marchant and … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Alluvial fan stratigraphy in Saheki Crater

Posted on March 24, 2016 by rburnham

Alluvial fans are gently-sloping wedges of sediments deposited by flowing water. Some of the best-preserved alluvial fans on Mars are in Saheki Crater, an area that we’ve imaged many times previously. This observation covers two impact craters that expose the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Locating RMI’s ‘distant deposits’

Posted on February 26, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1264, February 25, 2016. The red boxes on two Navcam images outline the locations of two recent RMI mosaics seen here. Taken at long range by the rover’s Remote Micro-Imager, the mosaics show deposits far away to the north … Continue reading →

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Curiosity: Looking at distant deposits

Posted on February 25, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1263, February 24, 2016. The ChemCam’s Remote Micro-Imager shot two long-range, multi-frame views showing features of the terrain at the foot of Gale Crater’s rim. One series of images centers almost due north (above, toward 355°), the other northwest … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Gullied crater in the Northern Hemisphere

Posted on February 22, 2016 by rburnham

Gullied crater in the Northern Hemisphere — With quite a lovely sedimentary fan. Beautiful Mars series.

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HiRISE: A possible alluvial fan

Posted on February 12, 2016 by rburnham

This image shows the northern rim of a crater in Deuteronilus. At the northern end, we see the crater rim and ridges inside and below that rim. A channel set is entering from the west and passing through a notch … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: CHIMRA diagnostics

Posted on January 28, 2016 by rburnham

Sol 1237-38, January 27, 2016, update from USGS scientist Ken Herkenhoff: The cause of the CHIMRA anomaly is still being investigated, so no arm motion was planned today while diagnostic testing continues.  Because only remote science observations are allowed, it … Continue reading →

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