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Tag Archives: Diacria
HiRISE: For your consideration
For your consideration. An alien landscape with dust devil streaks and craters slowing fading away into the mists of time. A twilight zone of geology, if you will. (Features like this are often called “thumbprint terrain”.) HiRISE Picture of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Diacria, dust devil tracks, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, northern lowlands, northern plains, thumbprint terrain, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Dust devil in action
Dust devil tracks in the Diacria region. Our eye might deceive us, but that bright spot in the enhanced color image looks suspiciously like a dust devil in action. Hmmm…. Beautiful Mars series. [More at links]
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, Diacria, dust devil tracks, dust devils, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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