Tag Archives: Kaiser Crater

THEMIS: Variations on a sandy theme in Kaiser Crater

Posted on January 26, 2018 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, January 26, 2018. This VIS image of Kaiser Crater shows a region of the dunes with varied appearances. The different dune forms developed due to different amounts of available sand, different wind directions, and the … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Dunes on a topographic rise in Kaiser Crater

Posted on January 25, 2018 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, January 25, 2018. This VIS image of Kaiser Crater shows the central part of the crater floor. At the bottom of the image there is a topographic rise. The change in topography has altered the … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Caterpillar dunes in Kaiser Crater

Posted on January 24, 2018 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, January 24, 2018. This VIS image of Kaiser Crater shows individual dunes and where the dunes have coalesced into longer dune forms. The addition of sand makes the dunes larger and the intra-dune areas go … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Dunes in Kaiser Crater

Posted on January 23, 2018 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, January 23, 2018. Kaiser Crater is located in the southern hemisphere in the Noachis region west of Hellas Planitia. Kaiser Crater is just one of several large craters with extensive dune fields on the crater … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Bedrock outcrops in Kaiser Crater

Posted on March 13, 2017 by rburnham

This enhanced-color image shows a patch of well-exposed bedrock on the floor of Kaiser Crater. The wind has stripped off the overlying soil, and created grooves and scallops in the bedrock. The narrow linear ridges are fractures that have been … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Warm dunes glowing in Kaiser Crater

Posted on March 9, 2017 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, March 9, 2017. This is an infrared image of Kaiser Crater and the dune field on the crater floor. Brighter tones in the image are warmer surfaces. The basaltic dunes are dark in the visible, … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Scars of erosion

Posted on February 16, 2017 by rburnham

This large crescent dune in Kaiser Crater shows the scars of many types of seasonal erosional activities. Along its downwind slope are large gullies which are active during winter, when frost drives dune material downslope, carving out channels and creating … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Frosty alcoves on Kaiser Crater dunes

Posted on September 14, 2016 by rburnham

Kaiser Crater hosts a large field of sand dunes. Every winter the dunes are covered with a layer of seasonal carbon dioxide ice (dry ice). In early spring the ice begins to sublimate (going directly from solid ice to gas). … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Glowing gullies in Kaiser Crater dunes

Posted on July 1, 2016 by rburnham

The giant sand dunes in Kaiser Crater experience gully erosion of the steep slip faces every year in late winter as the sun warms these slopes and seasonal carbon dioxide frost sublimates (meaning it changes from a solid to gas). … Continue reading →

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HiRISE image: active dune gullies in Kaiser Crater

Posted on February 5, 2014 by rburnham

Active dune gullies in Kaiser Crater. More HiRISE images.

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