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Tag Archives: canyons
Giant channels carved by repeated small floods?
Geomorphologists who study Earth’s surface features and the processes that formed them have long been interested in how floods, in particular catastrophic outbursts that occur when a glacial lake ice dam bursts, for example, can change a planet’s surface, not … Continue reading
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Tagged canyons, catastrophic floods, Channeled Scablands, outburst floods, outflow channels
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THEMIS: Layered deposits in Ophir Chasma
THEMIS Image of the Day, October 14, 2016. Today’s false color image shows part of Ophir Chasma, with layered deposits on its floor. The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, canyons, ILDs, interior layered deposits, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Ophir Chasma, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Valles Marineris
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THEMIS: Ophir Chasma – false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, February 3, 2016. Today’s false color image shows part of Ophir Chasma. The wavy edges of the image are a result of elevation variations and a unique period of spacecraft orientation. The THEMIS VIS camera … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, canyons, interior layered deposits, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Ophir Chasma, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Valles Marineris
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THEMIS: Ophir Chasma – false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, February 2, 2016. Today’s false color image shows part of Ophir Chasma. The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, basaltic sand, canyons, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Ophir Chasma, sand, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Valles Marineris
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THEMIS: Coprates Chasma – false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, January 21, 2016. The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, canyons, color, Coprates Chasma, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Valles Marineris
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THEMIS: Eos Chasma – false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, January 1, 2016. The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations of … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, canyons, Eos Chasma, interior layered deposits, Mars Odyssey, NASA, sediments, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Hebes Mensa – false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, December 29, 2015. The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations of … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, canyons, Hebes Chasma, Hebes Mensa, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Candor Chasma – false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, November 30, 2015. The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations of … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Candor Chasma, canyons, color, impacts, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Sacra Fossae
THEMIS Image of the Day, November 17, 2015. The steep sided depressions in this VIS image are fault bounded tectonic features called graben. These depressions are part of a large region of graben called Sacra Fossae. Sacra Fossae is located … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, canyons, channels, graben, Lunae Planum, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Sacra Fossae, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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