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Tag Archives: ejecta
THEMIS: Bacolor Crater ejecta
THEMIS Image of the Day, November 9, 2015. Today’s VIS image shows part of the ejecta of Bacolor Crater. The ejecta is layered and grooved, all radial to the crater itself. The two layers show that the ground was probably … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Bacolor Crater, crater ejecta, ejecta, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Utopia Planitia
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THEMIS: Hesperia Planum – false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, August 10, 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, color, craters, ejecta, Hesperia Planum, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: New addition to a field of impacts
A new addition to a field of impacts —The ejecta from this small impact is still fresh, as we can see its dark remains still visible on the light-toned surface. This is within a caldera in Arsia Mons. Beautiful Mars … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsia Mons, Beautiful Mars, craters, ejecta, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Tikhov Crater — false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, April 21, 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, color, craters, ejecta, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Tikhov Crater
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THEMIS: Crater – false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, March 30, 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, color, craters, ejecta, Isidis Planitia, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Crater ejecta
Crater ejecta. This ejecta comes from a crater impact within a much larger crater. A not-too-uncommon feature on Mars. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, dunes, ejecta, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Pits in Hale Crater ejecta
The pits visible here aren’t impact craters. The material they’re embedded into is ejecta (stuff thrown out of an impact crater when it forms) from a large crater called Hale which is not seen in this image. Substances called “volatiles” … Continue reading
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Tagged ejecta, Hale Crater, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, pit craters, University of Arizona, volatiles
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THEMIS: Tyrrhena Terra false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, December 12, 2014. 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, color, craters, ejecta, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Tyrrhena Terra
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THEMIS: Dark slope streaks
THEMIS Image of the Day, September 30, 2014. This VIS images shows dark slope streaks on the inner rim of an unnamed crater in Amazonis Planitia. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.
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Tagged Amazonis Planitia, Arizona State University, ASU, craters, dark slope streaks, dust avalanches, ejecta, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Terra Sirenum
THEMIS Image of the Day, September 24, 2014. Located on the floor of an unnamed crater in Terra Sirenum, the crater in the center of the VIS image has numerous gullies on the inner rim. An ejecta deposit from a … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, craters, ejecta, gullies, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Terra Sirenum, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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