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Tag Archives: channels
THEMIS: Terra Sirenum – false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, March 15, 2016. Today’s false color image shows part of the plains of Terra Sirenum. The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, channels, crater lakes, lacustrine sediments, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Terra Sirenum, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Channel
THEMIS Image of the Day, March 4, 2016. Today’s VIS image shows where several channels join together. These channels are located in 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, Terra Sabaea, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Terra Sabaea
THEMIS Image of the Day, February 26, 2016. This VIS image shows a small unnamed channel in Terra Sabaea. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, channels, fluvial channels, fluvial landforms, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Terra Sabaea, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: More Olympica Fossae
THEMIS Image of the Day, February 22, 2016. Today’s VIS image is of a different part of Olympica Fossae from the previous image. In this region lava channels dominate. The complex interaction of volcanic and tectonic processes is illustrated by … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, channels, graben, lava channels, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Olympica Fossae, tectonics, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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THEMIS: Olympica Fossae
THEMIS Image of the Day, February 19, 2016. Located south of Alba Mons, Olympica Fossae is a complex system of tectonic and volcanic features. The linear features in this VIS image are graben, but the curved feature may be a … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, channels, graben, lava channels, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Olympica Fossae, tectonics, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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HRSC: Arda Valles
The Arda Valles region of Mars, comprising the network of drainage valleys seen in the left-hand portion of the image. The region lies on the western rim of an ancient large impact basin, which can be seen in the right-hand … Continue reading
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Tagged Arda Valles, channels, DLR, ESA, European Space Agency, FU Berlin, High Resolution Stereo Camera, HRSC, Mars Express, MEX, water
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THEMIS: Tempe Terra
THEMIS Image of the Day, February 15, 2016. This VIS image is located on the margin of Tempe Terra near Chryse Planitia. Several channels are visible as well as tectonic features. The linear feature below the channel is most likely … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, channels, faulting, graben, Mars Odyssey, NASA, tectonics, Tempe Terra, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Flow-like features near Kasei Valles
Flow-like features near Kasei Valles. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, channels, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Kasei Valles, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, outflow channels, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Hills and channels
THEMIS Image of the Day, February 10, 2016. Today’s image is located on the boundary between Terra Sabaea and Utopia Planitia – west of yesterday’s image location. The morphology of this region is comprised of hills, some of which have … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, channels, hills, ice, ice-rich mantling, lineated valley fill, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Terra Sabaea, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Utopia Planitia
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Inverted wadis on Earth: analogs for Mars
Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month, February 1, 2016: Abdallah Zaki (Ain Shams University). The evolution of inverted topography on Earth and Mars can result from surface armouring of the channel, infilling of channels/valleys by lava flows, and cementation of … Continue reading
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Tagged channels, inverted channels, inverted topography, inverted wadis
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