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Tag Archives: dust
MARCI weather report, April 2-8, 2018
Martian weather remained quite active last week. Several small polar storms developed into a regional dust storm over the northern plains. Local-scale storms were observed along the seasonal south polar cap edge from Sirenum to Cimmeria. Looking to the mid-to-low … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, haze, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, MSSS, NASA, storms, weather, wind
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THEMIS: Wind, dust, and gravity in Medusae Fossae
THEMIS Image of the Day, April 10, 2018. This VIS image is located in Medusae Fossae. Along the cliffside several dark streaks are visible. It is thought that these streaks mark the location where downslope movement of material has removed … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, dark slope streaks, dust, Mars Odyssey, Medusae Fossae, NASA, sand, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, wind erosion, yardangs
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MARCI weather report, March 26-April 1, 2018
Dusty conditions across much of the martian southern highlands last week. Several short-lived local-scale dust storms were observed along the seasonal south polar ice cap edge, while another storm north of Argyre pushed northeast into Valles Marineris. Dust lofted by … Continue reading
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MARCI weather report, March 19-25, 2018
Numerous dust storms occurred over the southern highlands of Mars last week. Similar to activity mentioned in the previous report, dust lifting over Solis and north of Argyre pushed equatorward towards Valles Marineris. Focusing further south, repeated local-scale dust storms … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, haze, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, MSSS, NASA, storms, weather, wind
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THEMIS: Arabia Terra dune field in false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, March 23, 2018. This is a false color image of the dune field in the Arabia Terra crater. In this combination of bands, sand appears as a blue to dark blue color. In this image, … Continue reading
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Tagged Arabia Terra, Arizona State University, ASU, dunes, dust, false color, hills, Mars Odyssey, mesas, NASA, sand dunes, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Crater feeding sand into big dune field
THEMIS Image of the Day, March 22, 2018. The small crater in the image of the image is at the upwind side of the dune field. There is a considerable amount of sand within the crater, with a relatively smooth … Continue reading
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Tagged Arabia Terra, Arizona State University, ASU, dunes, dust, hills, Mars Odyssey, mesas, NASA, sand dunes, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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MARCI weather report, March 12-18, 2018
Continued local-scale dust storm activity across many parts of Mars this past week. Noachis Terra and eastern Aonia saw multiple here today gone tomorrow type of dust storms. North of Aonia, dust-lifting activity spotted over Solis lofted dust northward into … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, haze, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, MSSS, NASA, storms, weather, wind
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THEMIS: Finger-like dunes creep across Arabia Terra crater floor
THEMIS Image of the Day, March 21, 2018. This image is located southeast of the region of the large sand dune deposit. Here there is still limited amounts of available sand and the dunes formed are smaller individual features. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Arabia Terra, Arizona State University, ASU, dunes, dust, hills, Mars Odyssey, mesas, NASA, sand dunes, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Dunes engulfing hills and mesas
THEMIS Image of the Day, March 20, 2018. The bottom of this image shows the hills and mesas within the crater. The dunes at the top of the image are engulfing and covering the hills. In some locations the hills … Continue reading
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Tagged Arabia Terra, Arizona State University, ASU, dunes, dust, hills, Mars Odyssey, mesas, NASA, sand dunes, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Dunes and dust in Arabia Terra
THEMIS Image of the Day, March 19, 2018. Located in eastern Arabia is an unnamed crater, 120 kilometers (75 miles) across. The floor of this crater contains a large exposure of rocky material, a field of dark sand dunes, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Arabia Terra, Arizona State University, ASU, dunes, dust, Mars Odyssey, NASA, sand dunes, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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