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Tag Archives: channels
THEMIS: Channels
THEMIS Image of the Day, November 20, 2015. Today’s VIS image shows a number of unnamed channels located on the northeastern margin of Terra Sabaea. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, channels, ice, Mars Odyssey, NASA, rock glaciers, Terra Sabaea, 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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HiRISE: Channel networks around a crater
Channel networks around a crater in Arabia Terra. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Arabia Terra, Beautiful Mars, channels, fluvial channels, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Auqakuh Vallis
THEMIS Image of the Day, November 10, 2015. Today’s VIS image shows a portion of Auqakuh Vallis, which dissects the northern margin of Terra Sabaea. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Auqakuh Vallis, channels, fluvial channels, fluvial landforms, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Terra Sabaea, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Small channels & rocky patch in Cydonia
The southern section of this image is dominated by both a series of craters and the remnants of channels that may be from a past fluvial system. The paleochannel system has wind-blown bedforms in its interior, with crests oriented approximately … Continue reading
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Tagged channels, Cydonia Mensae, fluvial channels, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Channels
THEMIS Image of the Day, October 21, 2015. Today’s VIS image shows part of a complex region of channels which dissect the margin of Arabia Terra where elevations lower into Acidalia Planitia. Material that has moved down the channels in … Continue reading
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Tagged Acidalia Planitia, Arabia Terra, Arizona State University, ASU, channels, flowlines, glaciers, ground ice, ice, Mars Odyssey, medial moraines, NASA, rock glaciers, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HRSC: Flash floods in Mangala Valles
Catastrophic flooding triggered by ice melting from the heat of volcanic activity is thought to be responsible for the chaotic scenery depicted in this region of the Mangala Valles channel network. The images were taken by the high-resolution stereo camera … Continue reading
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Tagged channels, DLR, ESA, European Space Agency, FU Berlin, High Resolution Stereo Camera, HRSC, Mangala Valles, Mars Express, MEX, outflow channels, volcanics
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HiRISE: Fine-branched ridges
This image shows numerous branching ridges with various degrees of sinuosity. These branching forms resemble tributaries funneling and draining into larger channel trunks towards the upper portion of the scene. The raised relief of these branching ridges suggests that these … Continue reading
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Tagged channels, fluvial channels, fluvial deposits, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, inverted channels, inverted topography, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: The Martian, Part 2: Mawrth Vallis
THEMIS Image of the Day, October 13, 2015. All this week, the THEMIS Image of the Day is following on the real Mars the path taken by fictional astronaut Mark Watney, stranded on the Red Planet in the book and … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, channels, Mark Watney, Mars Odyssey, Mawrth Vallis, NASA, outflow channels, The Martian, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Nested channels near Hellas
We’re not sure if this channel-inside-a-channel was carved by flowing water or lava. Flowing water erodes channels, and flowing lava both erodes and melts surrounding rock to form channels. It’s not clear whether a huge surge of water or lava … Continue reading
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Tagged channels, Hellas Planitia, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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