Tag Archives: HiPOD

HiRISE: Channels in Tisia Valles

Posted on April 11, 2019 by rburnham

Channels in Tisia Valles. The objective of this observation is to examine a small channel system. Located to the immediate northwest of Huygens Crater, Tisia Valles is named after the ancient term for the modern Tisza River, Ukraine. HiRISE Picture … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Dunes in low southern latitudes

Posted on April 10, 2019 by rburnham

Dunes in low southern latitudes. The objective of this observation is to examine a small field of dunes. HiRISE Picture of the Day archive. [More at links]

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HiRISE: Rocky layers on the floor of Fournier Crater

Posted on April 9, 2019 by rburnham

Rocky layers on the floor of Fournier Crater. A nice, classic bowl-shaped crater with bright bedrock exposures on one of its walls. This is located within Fournier Crater, which is 118 kilometers in diameter. HiRISE Picture of the Day archive. … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Bouncing boulders

Posted on April 8, 2019 by rburnham

Most debris on crater walls slides straight downhill. In this HiRISE image we see examples of boulders that have bounced downhill, not necessarily vertically. A prominent example looks like a dotted line from the top of the crater wall where … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Frost-covered dunes

Posted on April 1, 2019 by rburnham

Frost-covered dunes. Sprinkled with hopes and dreams, no less. This is a relatively new monitoring site that seems to have heavy carbon-dioxide snowfall. HiRISE Picture of the Day archive [More at links]

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HiRISE: Grjota Valles

Posted on March 29, 2019 by rburnham

Grjotá Valles. Grjotá Valles is one of Mars’ four Amazonian-aged, fissure-headed, catastrophic flood channels. It originates at the northwestern-most Cerberus Fossa and stretches several hundred kilometers eastward and southward. HiRISE Picture of the Day archive [More at links]

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HiRISE: A ridge on the plains

Posted on March 28, 2019 by rburnham

A ridge on the plains. This ridge on rocky plains is located not to far from Daedalia Planum, a featureless plain with multiple lava flows and small craters. HiRISE Picture of the Day archive [More at links]

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HiRISE: Buried by time

Posted on March 27, 2019 by rburnham

Buried by time. Over time, this crater was buried by folded deposits, although we can still tell it is an impact crater. However, we can still see ridges and gullies. Are these ridges made of material that proved more resistant … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Layered bedrock to the northwest of Hellas Planitia

Posted on March 26, 2019 by rburnham

Layered bedrock to the northwest of Hellas Planitia. There are some very nice geologic contacts in this region. HiRISE Picture of the Day archive [More at links]

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HiRISE: Deposits along the floor of Coprates Catena

Posted on March 25, 2019 by rburnham

Deposits along the floor of Coprates Catena. The rest of this depression has very interesting layered deposits so we’re interested to see if there could be some here too. Coprates Catena is roughly in the center of the Valles Marineris … Continue reading →

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