Tag Archives: Hellas Planitia

HRSC: Craters within the Hellas basin

Posted on August 18, 2014 by rburnham

Scarring the southern highlands of Mars is one of the Solar System’s largest impact basins: Hellas, with a diameter of 2300 km and a depth of over 7 km. Hellas is thought to have formed between 3.8 and 4.1 billion … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Glaciation at the eastern Hellas margin

Posted on August 16, 2014 by rburnham

Hellas Crater in the ancient highlands contains some of the clearest evidence on Mars for glacial processes. This image, on the eastern margin of the giant impact crater, shows a number of features consistent with glaciation. There are roughly north-south … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Out and about in Hellas Planitia

Posted on March 17, 2014 by rburnham

Beautiful Mars series: Out and about in Hellas Planitia. More Beautiful Mars images.

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HiRISE: Layered bedrock north of Hellas Planitia

Posted on March 13, 2014 by rburnham

Beautiful Mars series: Layered bedrock north of Hellas Planitia. More Beautiful Mars images.

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HiRISE: Textured materials

Posted on March 6, 2014 by rburnham

Beautiful Mars series: Textured materials in northwest Hellas Planitia. More Beautiful Mars images.

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HiRISE image: Textured materials

Posted on February 24, 2014 by rburnham

Beautiful Mars series: Textured materials in northwest Hellas Planitia. More Beautiful Mars images.

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Hadriaca Patera’s heavy footprint

Posted on August 18, 2011 by rburnham

On the northeast edge of the giant Hellas impact basin, the thick stack of lava in the volcano Hadriaca Patera weighed so much it depressed the Martian surface immediately around it. This bent and cracked the crust on the volcano’s … Continue reading →

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