Tag Archives: Arcadia Planitia

Mapping potential sources of Mars water

Posted on March 6, 2019 by rburnham

Missions carrying humans to Mars will require on-site resources, and a project led by Planetary Science Institute (PSI) scientists Nathaniel Putzig and Gareth Morgan is mapping the availability of potential shallow water-ice sources across the surface of the Red Planet. … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Isolated hills on Arcadia Planitia

Posted on October 23, 2018 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, October 23, 2018. This false-color VIS image shows some of the plains of Arcadia Planitia in the northern lowlands. Isolated small hills are a common feature in this part of the planitia. Hills like these … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Soft-featured craters in Arcadia Planitia

Posted on October 19, 2018 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, October 19, 2018. This false-color VIS image shows some of the plains and craters located in Arcadia Planitia. The soft-looking features in the impact craters indicate ground ice at shallow depths below the surface. In … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Relatively recent impact in Arcadia Planitia

Posted on August 30, 2018 by rburnham

Remember the great impacts of yore? Well, those days are long gone, but Mars still gets hit with impacts and we’ve catalogued hundreds of them. This particular impact formed sometime between May 2014 and October 2017. It’s only meters in … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: The bumpy hills of Arcadia Planitia

Posted on June 21, 2018 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, June 21, 2018. The hills in this VIS image are part of mound located in Arcadia Plantia. Just west of these hills is a long region of grouped hills called Phlegra Montes. The soft contours, … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: X kinda-sorta marks the spot

Posted on January 4, 2018 by rburnham

X kinda-sorta marks the spot. This is a candidate Red Dragon landing site in southern Arcadia Planitia. Beautiful Mars series.

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HiRISE: Candidate Red Dragon landing site

Posted on November 14, 2017 by rburnham

Candidate Red Dragon landing site in Arcadia Planitia. There are indications of shallowly buried remnant ice in this area. Beautiful Mars series.

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Terraced craters reveal buried ice sheet on Mars

Posted on June 30, 2017 by rburnham

Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month, June 30, 2017: A.M. Branson (University of Arizona). When an object impacts into layered material, it can form a crater with terraces in the crater’s walls at the layer boundaries, rather than the simple bowl-shape … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Winding ridges & ‘basketball terrain’ in Arcadia Planitia

Posted on June 23, 2017 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, June 23, 2017. Do you see what I see? Make a wish and then break the wishbone! (THEMIS Art #132) More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.

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THEMIS: Steinheim Crater

Posted on May 24, 2016 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, May 24, 2016. Today’s VIS image shows Steinheim Crater, located in Arcadia Planitia. This is a relatively pristine crater with a double layer ejecta blanket and a minimally modified crater interior. More THEMIS Images of … Continue reading →

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