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Tag Archives: dunes
Opportunity: Endeavour dunes
Sols 4087 and 4090, July 24 and 27, 2015. Opportunity’s Pancam shot this pair of images (in false color by Holger Isenberg) showing the dune field on the floor of Endeavour Crater at the foot of Marathon Valley. The rover … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Tribulation, dunes, Endeavour Crater, Marathon Valley, Mars Exploration Rover, MER, NASA, Opportunity, polar sand dunes
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HiRISE: Floor of a crater in Tyrrhena Terra
Floor of a crater in Tyrrhena Terra. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, dunes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sand dunes, Tyrrhena Terra, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: South high-latitude dune field
South high-latitude dune field. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, dunes, dust devil tracks, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sand dunes, University of Arizona, wind
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HiRISE: Tyrrhena Terra central peak dunes
Tyrrhena Terra central peak dunes. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, central peaks, dunes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sand dunes, Tyrrhena Terra, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Crater dunes — false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, July 17, 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 active dunes, Arizona State University, ASU, color, dunes, Mars Odyssey, NASA, sand dunes, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Dune field in west Endeavour Crater
Dune field in west Endeavour Crater. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged active dunes, Beautiful Mars, dunes, Endeavour Crater, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sand dunes, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Potential active processes in Porter Crater
The extended-mission status of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the HiRISE camera has greatly increased our understanding of numerous active processes occurring on Mars. By taking carefully planned repeat images of surface, we now have an important record of how … Continue reading
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Tagged dune ripples, dunes, gullies, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Porter Crater, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Crater features
THEMIS Image of the Day, July 6, 2015. Today’s VIS image is of an unnamed crater located on the floor of the much larger Newton Crater. This crater had a central peak, gullies on the inner rim and dunes on … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, central peaks, dunes, gullies, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Newton Crater, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Active high-latitude dune gullies
Gully and defrosting activity have been visible here along the edge of a dune field, along with blocks of frost. Observations of the same area help us check for repeat activity, as well as measuring those meter-scale blocks that we’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged dune gullies, dunes, frost, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sand dunes, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Rocky deposits on a crater floor
Rocky deposits on a crater floor; thin dunes in this image look like rivulets. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, dunes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, rocky deposits, University of Arizona
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