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Tag Archives: craters
THEMIS: Ophir Planum – false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, December 31, 2015. The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations of … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, craters, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Ophir Planum, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Valley cross-cutting a circular landform
Valley cross-cutting a circular landform — These dune ridges are only tens of meters or less apart. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, craters, dunes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona, valleys
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HiRISE: Dunes and Meroe Patera crater
Nothing stops the dunes. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, craters, dunes, eolian processes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Meroe Patera, MRO, NASA, sand dunes, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Crater chaos
THEMIS Image of the Day, November 11, 2015. This VIS image shows part of the interior of an unnamed crater in Arabia Terra. There are numerous hills and valleys in the crater, indicating depositional and erosional processes were active after … Continue reading
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Tagged Arabia Terra, Arizona State University, ASU, chaos, chaotic terrain, craters, ice-rich mantling, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Escorial Crater – false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, November 3, 2015. The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, craters, Escorial Crater, Mars Odyssey, mesas, NASA, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Sand filled crater, Medusae Fossae region
Sand filled crater in the Medusae Fossae region. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, craters, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Medusae Fossae Formation, MRO, NASA, sand, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Acidalia Planitia – false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, October 7, 2015. The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations … Continue reading
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Tagged Acidalia Planitia, Arizona State University, ASU, craters, Mars Odyssey, NASA, pedestal craters, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Gasa Crater
THEMIS Image of the Day, September 23, 2015. This VIS image shows Gasa Crater, a small crater within a larger crater. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, craters, Gasa Crater, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Ancient bedrock exposed at Roddy Crater
Ancient bedrock exposed in rim of Roddy Crater. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, craters, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Roddy Crater, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Tanaica Montes
THEMIS Image of the Day, September 22, 2015. This VIS image shows where an impact created a crater on top of a group of ridges called Tanaica Montes. The slightly out-of-round shape and the distribution of the ejecta was likely … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, crater ejecta, craters, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Tanaica Montes, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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