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Tag Archives: ice-depressions
HiRISE: Eroded scallops with layers
The western Utopia Planitia in the Northern mid-latitudes of Mars is marked by a peculiar type of depression with scalloped edges and by a network of polygonal fractures. The scalloped depressions are typical features; a smooth layered terrain located between … Continue reading
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Tagged High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, ice-depressions, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona, Utopia Planitia
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Look for life in ice-depression ‘funnels’?
A strangely shaped depression on Mars could be a new place to look for signs of life on the Red Planet, according to a University of Texas at Austin-led study. The depression was probably formed by a volcano beneath a … Continue reading
Posted in Reports
Tagged Circum-Hellas volcanic province, Galaxias Fossae, ice cauldrons, ice-depressions, life
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