Tag Archives: Elysium

THEMIS: Flank of Albor Tholus volcano

Posted on August 6, 2019 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, August 6, 2019. Today’s VIS image shows a portion of the flank of Albor Tholus, a volcano found in the Elysium volcanic complex. The pits and cracks may have formed when the volcano’s flank responded … Continue reading →

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Mantle plumes still active under Tharsis, Elysium?

Posted on November 21, 2018 by rburnham

[Editor’s note: From a paper by A.-C. Plesa and eight co-authors recently published in Geophysical Research Letters.] The thermal state and interior structure of Mars We constrain the thermal state and interior structure of Mars by combining a large number … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Lava channel on Hecates Tholus

Posted on June 27, 2017 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, June 27, 2017. Do you see what I see? Is that a snake slithering down the image? (THEMIS Art #134) More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.

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THEMIS: Elysium Fossae

Posted on January 15, 2016 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, January 14, 2016. Today’s VIS image shows a portion of one of the larger depressions on the NW edge of the Elysium volcanic complex. Portions of this large channel system appear to have been created … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Patapsco Vallis

Posted on April 8, 2014 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, April 8, 2014. Today’s VIS image shows a portion of Patapsco Vallis, located on the eastern margin of the Elysium volcanic complex. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.

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Subsurface radar profiles Marte Vallis outflow channel in 3D

Posted on March 14, 2013 by rburnham

Ground-penetrating radar on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) reveals buried channels that show floods of water from Cerberus Fossae eroded Marte Vallis in two distinct stages, and they did so to a much greater extent than is visible today. The … Continue reading →

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Touching Mars from Earth

Posted on August 28, 2012 by rburnham

Remote sensing of Mars usually happens when spacecraft sensors look down from orbit around the Red Planet. But sensors on Earth can also get in on the fun, especially when they actively reach out to the planet via radio waves. … Continue reading →

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Watch for falling rocks

Posted on March 1, 2012 by rburnham

A new investigation of Cerberus Fossae using HiRISE images shows that Mars is probably seismically active now or in the recent past. The clues are tracks left by boulders as they rolled downhill. Gerald Roberts (University of London) and colleagues … Continue reading →

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Elysium’s eruptive history

Posted on November 1, 2011 by rburnham

Elysium is Mars’ second-largest volcanic province after Tharsis. A new study by Thomas Platz and Gregory Michael (Freie Universität Berlin) published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters (October 30, 2011) counts craters on its volcanos and the main lava flows … Continue reading →

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