Tag Archives: Crater Lake

Gale Crater’s Lake District

Posted on March 26, 2013 by rburnham

Mars rover Curiosity landed on, or just beyond, the far end of an alluvial fan — rocks, gravel, and sand washed down by the Peace River from the north rim of Gale Crater. The rover has driven for 200 sols … Continue reading →

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Megaflood carved a valley in a week

Posted on March 8, 2013 by rburnham

Morella Crater is an ancient impact scar 78 kilometers (49 miles) across that sits barely 5 km (3 mi) away from the southern edge of the large canyon, Ganges Chasma. Roughly 3 billion years ago,  groundwater filled Morella Crater with … Continue reading →

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Opportunity discovers water-precipitated gypsum at Cape York

Posted on December 8, 2011 by rburnham

The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found thumb-wide veins of gypsum in a rock layer at Cape York, the Endeavour Cater rim segment where it will spend the coming Martian winter. The discovery was announced at the fall meeting of … Continue reading →

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