Tag Archives: impacts

HiRISE: Looking for ice

Posted on March 23, 2016 by rburnham

One of MRO’s ongoing campaigns is a search for new impact craters. At high latitudes, such craters often expose ice, which appears bright in HiRISE enhanced-color images. This image was targeted to look at a candidate new crater on a … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Terrain near Bamberg Crater

Posted on January 26, 2016 by rburnham

Terrain near Bamberg Crater. Beautiful Mars series.

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HiRISE: Young, fresh crater in Hellespontus

Posted on January 15, 2016 by rburnham

This is a textbook example of a morphologically fresh and simple impact crater. At 1.3 kilometers in diameter, this unnamed crater is only slightly larger than Arizona’s Barringer (aka Meteor) Crater, by about 200 meters. Note the simple bowl shape … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Rim complexities

Posted on January 11, 2016 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, January 11, 2016. Today’s VIS image is of an unnamed crater in Chryse Planitia. There are several concentric ridges visible on the right side of this image. These features formed at the time of impact … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Candor Chasma – false color

Posted on November 30, 2015 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, November 30, 2015. The THEMIS 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 of … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Nowhere to run, much less to hide

Posted on August 27, 2015 by rburnham

Nowhere to run, much less to hide. Clusters of secondary impact craters. Beautiful Mars series.

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Scientists detect impact glass on Martian surface

Posted on June 8, 2015 by rburnham

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has detected deposits of glass within impact craters on Mars. Though formed in the searing heat of a violent impact, such deposits might provide a delicate window into the possibility of past life on the … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Fresh crater near Sirenum Fossae

Posted on June 8, 2015 by rburnham

This impact crater appears relatively recent as it has a sharp rim and well-preserved ejecta. The steep inner slopes are carved by gullies and include possible recurring slope lineae on the equator-facing slopes. Fresh craters often have steep, active slopes, … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: New and old

Posted on May 26, 2015 by rburnham

New and old: We’ve imaged this new impact crater before, except not entirely in enhanced color. With a repeat image, we can look for any seasonal changes. You can see faint blue inside the new crater: that’s frost. Beautiful Mars … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Beautiful crater in Meridiani Planum

Posted on February 23, 2015 by rburnham

This beautiful crater in Meridiani Planum. Beautiful Mars series.

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