Tag Archives: Huygens Crater

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: Possible low-calcium pyroxene outcrops

Posted on September 6, 2017 by rburnham

Possible low-calcium pyroxene outcrops south of Huygens Crater. Beautiful Mars series.

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THEMIS: Huygens Crater — false color

Posted on June 17, 2015 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, June 17, 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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CRISM: Carbonate minerals near Huygens Crater

Posted on October 16, 2014 by rburnham

Here we see Fe/Ca carbonates (pink) along the southeastern wall of an unnamed crater’s central pit. Because these carbonates are seen in the central pit, it is thought that they were formed in the subsurface (underground) but then brought up … Continue reading →

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