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Tag Archives: Claritas Fossae
THEMIS: Channels carving into Claritas Fossae
THEMIS Image of the Day, October 6, 2016. This VIS image shows several channels dissecting the higher elevations of Claritas Fossae. (Sunlight is coming from the right, as the image was taken in local morning, not long after sunrise.) More … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, channels, Claritas Fossae, fluvial channels, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Faults and cracks in Claritas Fossae
THEMIS Image of the Day, October 5, 2016. The linear depressions in this VIS image are some of the numerous graben that make up Claritas Fossae. Graben form when two faults cause a block of material to be dropped to … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Claritas Fossae, graben, Mars Odyssey, NASA, tectonics, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HRSC: Chasms and cliffs on Mars
Although Mars is a very alien planet, some aspects of its geology are surprisingly familiar. This Mars Express image shows a snippet of a region of Mars filled with cliffs, trenches, faults, giant plateaus and volcanoes. The flowing cracks and … Continue reading
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Tagged Claritas Fossae, DLR, ESA, European Space Agency, High Resolution Stereo Camera, HRSC, Mars Express, MEX
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THEMIS: Claritas Fossae
THEMIS Image of the Day, November 25, 2014. The linear graben in this VIS image are part of Claritas Fossae. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Claritas Fossae, graben, Mars Odyssey, NASA, tectonics, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Claritas Fossae
THEMIS Image of the Day, November 18, 2014. The linear graben in this VIS image are all part of Claritas Fossae. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Claritas Fossae, graben, Mars Odyssey, NASA, tectonics, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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MARCI weather report: March 10-16, 2014
Transient local dust storms were observed this week in Solis and Claritas west of Argyre. Diffuse water ice clouds continued to gather above the equatorial regions and over the large shield volcanoes. Aside from a few stray clouds in Meridiani, … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, Claritas Fossae, dust, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Meridiani Planum, MRO, MSSS, NASA, Solis Planum, storms, weather
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Devilry in the air
With all the spacecraft orbiting Mars, it’s slightly surprising that there aren’t more observations of dust devils shared by two or more instruments. Writing in the September 2011 issue of Icarus, a team of scientists led by Dennis Reiss (Westfälische … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, Claritas Fossae, dust, dust devils, HRSC, Mars Express, Mars Global Surveyor, MOC, Syria Planum, wind
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