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HiRISE: A margin of lava

A margin of lava. This lava margin in Cerberus Palus is part of the Athabasca Valles flow. There are also lava coils in this region, something we did not know existed on Mars until HiRISE took an image. The lava … Continue reading

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HiRISE: Inter-plate trough in Cerberus Palus

Inter-plate trough in Cerberus Palus. Beautiful Mars series.

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Lava coils: new form of flow discovered on Mars

High-resolution photos of Martian lava flows show coiling spiral patterns that resemble snail or nautilus shells. Such patterns have been found in a few locations on Earth, but never before on Mars. The discovery appears in a paper in Science … Continue reading

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