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Tag Archives: chlorides
ExoMars: Images of InSight lander and more
Curious surface features, water-formed minerals, 3D stereo views, and even a sighting of the InSight lander showcase the impressive range of imaging capabilities of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. The ESA-Roscosmos Trace Gas Orbiter, or TGO, launched three years ago … Continue reading
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Tagged CaSSIS, chlorides, Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System, Elysium Planitia, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, InSight, Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, NASA, Roscosmos, salts, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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HiRISE: Possible chloride-rich deposits in Terra Sirenum
Possible chloride-rich deposits in Terra Sirenum. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, chlorides, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Terra Sirenum, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Putative chloride deposit, Ladon Basin
Putative chloride deposit in the Ladon Valles basin. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, chlorides, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Ladon Basin, Ladon Valles, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Old salt
What is that “purplish” colored stuff (in HiRISE IRB color) with the polygonal fractures in this observation? Scientists think it contains chlorides, like sodium chloride or table salt, or maybe chloride of calcium or magnesium. These salts can be deposited … Continue reading
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Tagged chlorides, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Possible chloride salts in Icaria Planum
Possible chloride salts in Icaria Planum. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, chlorides, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Icaria Planum, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, salts, University of Arizona
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Salt flat: a last vestige of Mars surface water?
Mars turned cold and dry long ago, but researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered evidence of an ancient lake that likely represents some of the last potentially habitable surface water ever to exist on the Red Planet. … Continue reading
HiRISE: Chloride-rich terrain
Chloride-rich terrain on the banks of a run-off channel. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, channels, chlorides, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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