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Tag Archives: Coprates Chasma
HiRISE: Massif beauty
Massif beauty. We have two simple objectives with this image: to fill in gaps of coverage of this area in Coprates Chasma and to look for colorful slopes of mafic materials. (“Mafic” refers to a silicate mineral or igneous rock … Continue reading
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Tagged Coprates Chasma, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, mafic minerals, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Volcanic field on floor of Coprates Chasma
A volcanic field on the floor of Coprates Chasma. In this image, there are some nice cones with summit craters surrounded by a flow field. They look young, but they could have been buried and re-exhumed based on nearby pedestal … Continue reading
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Tagged cinder cones, Coprates Chasma, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, pedestal craters, University of Arizona, volcanics
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HiRISE: Hanging sand dunes in Coprates Chasma
Dune fields located among canyon wall slopes are also known as “wall dune fields” and are further identified as either climbing or falling. Falling dunes are defined as large bedforms with lee faces on the downhill side—indicating that this is … Continue reading
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Tagged Coprates Chasma, dunes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sand dunes, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Dunes in Nectaris Montes
Sand dunes in Valles Marineris can be impressive in size, with steep slopes that seem to climb and descend. An enhanced-color cutout shows some of these on the slopes of Nectaris Montes within Coprates Chasma. The brighter bedforms are inactive … Continue reading
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Tagged Coprates Chasma, dunes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Nectaris Montes, sand dunes, University of Arizona, Valles Marineris
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HiRISE: Dare to climb
Dare to climb. These steep slopes in East Coprates Chasma are a rappeller’s delight. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, Coprates Chasma, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, ridges, University of Arizona
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Stepped fans and phyllosilicates on Mars
Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month, April 1, 2018: Peter Grindrod (Natural History Museum, London, UK). A number of different studies have catalogued features on Mars that could be given the general heading of sedimentary fans… These features occur whenever … Continue reading
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Tagged alluvial fan deposits, alluvial fans, clay minerals, Coprates Chasma, phyllosilicates, Valles Marineris
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