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Tag Archives: dunes
THEMIS: Caterpillar dunes in Kaiser Crater
THEMIS Image of the Day, January 24, 2018. This VIS image of Kaiser Crater shows individual dunes and where the dunes have coalesced into longer dune forms. The addition of sand makes the dunes larger and the intra-dune areas go … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, dunes, Kaiser Crater, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Noachis Terra, sand dunes, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HRSC: Crater named for Gerhard Neukum, Mars Express founder
A fascinating martian crater has been chosen to honour the German physicist and planetary scientist, Gerhard Neukum, one of the founders of ESA’s Mars Express mission. The International Astronomical Union named the 102 km-wide crater in the Noachis Terra region … Continue reading
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Tagged DLR, dunes, ESA, European Space Agency, FU Berlin, Gerhard Neukum, High Resolution Stereo Camera, HRSC, Mars Express, MEX, Neukum Crater, Noachis Terra
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HiRISE: Small field of eroding dunes
Small field of eroding dunes. Just drifting away into oblivion… Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, dunes, Hesperia Planum, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sand dunes, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Powerful winds and streaming sands
Powerful winds and streaming sands. This observation shows sand dunes within the Hellespontus region of Mars. The sand appears to come from the layered mesas and knobs, features that have been eroded by powerful winds. In fact the origin of … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, dunes, Hellespontus, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sand dunes, University of Arizona, wind
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HiRISE: Seasonal haloes and fractals
Seasonal haloes and fractals. In the spring, as the winter layer of dry ice covering the polar regions sublimates, there is a lot of action. The ice layer cracks and ruptures, and escaping gas lofts sand from the dunes above … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, CO2 ice, dunes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sand, sand dunes, University of Arizona
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