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Tag Archives: channels
HiRISE: Fans, layers, & channels in Roddy Crater
Fans, layers, and channels on the floor of Roddy Crater. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged alluvial fans, Beautiful Mars, channels, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, layers, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, outwash fans, Roddy Crater, sediments, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Kasei Valles
THEMIS Image of the Day, January 20, 2016. Today’s VIS image shows a small portion of Kasei Valles. Kasei Valles is a large outflow channel system located between the Tharsis volcanic highlands to the west and the lower elevation Chryse … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, channels, fluvial channels, Kasei Valles, Mars Odyssey, NASA, outflow channels, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Elysium Fossae
THEMIS Image of the Day, January 14, 2016. Today’s VIS image shows a portion of one of the larger depressions on the NW edge of the Elysium volcanic complex. Portions of this large channel system appear to have been created … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, channels, Elysium, fluvial channels, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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HiRISE: Crater on the floor of Uzboi Vallis
Crater on the floor of Uzboi Vallis. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, channels, craters, dunes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona, Uzboi Vallis
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THEMIS: Tempe Terra
THEMIS Image of the Day, December 23, 2015. Today’s VIS image shows part of Tempe Terra. Both channels and graben are visible in this image. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, channels, graben, Mars Odyssey, NASA, tectonics, Tempe Terra, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Athabasca Valles
THEMIS Image of the Day, December 18, 2015. Today’s VIS image shows a portion of Athabasca Valles. The channel has eroded some of the ejecta around the unnamed crater in the upper part of the image. More THEMIS Images of … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Athabasca Valles, channels, fluvial channels, fluvial landforms, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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HiRISE: Channel with streamlined forms
If this landscape could talk — Channel containing streamlined forms near Anseris Mons. Definitely fluvial, but was it water or lava? Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Anseris Mons, Beautiful Mars, channels, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, streamlined islands, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Huo-Hsing Vallis
THEMIS Image of the Day, December 8, 2015. This VIS image shows a portion of Huo-Hsing Vallis, located near the northern margin of Terra Sabaea. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, channels, fluvial channels, Huo Hsing Vallis, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Terra Sabaea, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Granicus Valles
THEMIS Image of the Day, November 23, 2015. Today’s VIS image shows a portion of Granicus Valles. This channel system is located west of Elysium Mons and likely was created by both lava and water flow related to the Elysium … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, channels, Granicus Valles, ice, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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HiRISE: Inverted channels on Saheki Crater fan
Inverted channels on fan in Saheki Crater. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, channels, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, inverted channels, inverted topography, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Saheki Crater, University of Arizona
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