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Tag Archives: ground ice
THEMIS: Granicus Valles in false color
THEMIS Image of the Day, October 15, 2018. This VIS image shows some of the complex channels that make up Granicus Valles. This channel system is located west of Elysium Mons. The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Elysium Mons, Granicus Valles, ground ice, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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HiRISE: Crazy terrain in Utopia
That crazy terrain. This is the floor of a crater in Utopia Planitia. Beautiful Mars series. [More at links]
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, ground ice, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, periglacial processes, periglacial terrain, University of Arizona, Utopia Planitia
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THEMIS: Crosscross tectonics in Lycus Sulci
THEMIS Image of the Day, August 14, 2018. Lycus Sulci is a very complex region surrounding the northern and western flanks of Olympus Mons. This VIS image shows some of the tectonic features found in Lycus Sulci as well as … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, dark slope streaks, dust avalanches, ground ice, groundwater, Lycus Sulci, Mars Odyssey, NASA, tectonics, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Active dunes and ground-ice creep
THEMIS Image of the Day, August 3, 2018. This VIS image is located in the region between northern Terra Sabaea and Utopia Planitia. This unnamed crater contains a small, dark dune field. Darkness suggests the dunes are dust-free, hence probably … Continue reading
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Tagged active dunes, Arizona State University, ASU, dunes, ground ice, Mars Odyssey, NASA, periglacial processes, sand dunes, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Scarp monitoring
Scarp monitoring. The “blue” in enhanced color could be seasonal frost or perhaps ground ice. We’ll be monitoring this site for one Mars year (two Earth years) to see any changes that helps us figure out what kind of ice this … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, frost, ground ice, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, mid-latitude mantling, MRO, NASA, scarps, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: The bumpy hills of Arcadia Planitia
THEMIS Image of the Day, June 21, 2018. The hills in this VIS image are part of mound located in Arcadia Plantia. Just west of these hills is a long region of grouped hills called Phlegra Montes. The soft contours, … Continue reading
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Tagged Arcadia Planitia, Arizona State University, ASU, ground ice, ice-rich mantling, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Phlegra Montes, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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THEMIS: Youngish crater in Utopia Planitia
THEMIS Image of the Day, May 17, 2018. This VIS image shows an unnamed crater located in Utopia Planitia. This relatively young crater has a steep inner rim, with floor deposits that originate from the crater rim itself. As craters … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, ground ice, groundwater, impact craters, Mars Odyssey, NASA, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Utopia Planitia
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THEMIS: Blast zone at Lonar Crater
THEMIS Image of the Day, May 7, 2018. This VIS image shows the part of the crater rim and ejecta surrounding Lonar Crater in the northern plains of Vastitas Borealis. There is a fine scale, radial grooved outer layer of … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, ground ice, groundwater, Lonar Crater, Mars Odyssey, NASA, northern plains, rampart craters, rampart ejecta, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Vastitas Borealis
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ExoMars poised to start science mission
The ExoMars orbiter will soon begin its search for gases that may be linked to active geological or biological activity on the Red Planet. The Trace Gas Orbiter has reached its final orbit after a year of ‘aerobraking’ that ended … Continue reading
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Tagged clathrates, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2016, ground ice, methane, Roscosmos, TGO, Trace Gas Orbiter
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THEMIS: Yuty Crater ejecta
THEMIS Image of the Day, March 26, 2018. Off the image to the right is Yuty Crater, located between Simud and Tiu Valles. The crater ejcta forms the large lobes along the right side of this VIS image. This type … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, craters, fluidized ejecta, ground ice, groundwater, impacts, lobate debris aprons, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Simud Valles, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Tiu Valles, Yuty Crater
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