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Tag Archives: lava
HiRISE: Lava contacts south of Athabasca Valles
Beautiful Mars series: Lava contacts south of Athabasca Valles. More Beautiful Mars images.
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Tagged Athabasca Valles, Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, lava, lava flows, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona, volcanics
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HRSC: Daedalia Planum closeup
Close-up view of the two dominant lava flows that reach the foot of the highland terrain (seen at the top of the image in this orientation). The older of the two eruptions produced the smooth lava surface to the south … Continue reading
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Tagged Daedalia Planum, DLR, ESA, European Space Agency, graben, High Resolution Stereo Camera, HRSC, lava, lava flows, Mars Express, MEX, tectonics, volcanics, volcanism
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THEMIS image: Ascraeus Mons
THEMIS Image of the Day, January 30, 2014. Today’s image shows a different portion of the collapse features located on the northern flank of Ascraeus Mons.
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Tagged Arizona State University, Ascraeus Mons, ASU, collapse pits, lava, lava channels, lava tubes, Mars Odyssey, NASA, pit craters, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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THEMIS image: Ascraeus Mons
THEMIS Image of the Day, January 29, 2014. The pits, fractures and channel-like features in this image are located on the northern flank of Ascraeus Mons. Most of these features were created by collapse into lava tubes that existed below the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, Ascraeus Mons, ASU, collapse pits, lava, lava channels, lava tubes, Mars Odyssey, NASA, pit craters, THEMIS, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanics
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Changing times in Syrtis Major
Early Mars appears to have been highly unlike today, being warmer and wetter. To find out why and how the environment changed, scientists look for inflection points in Martian history, where one geological regime gives way to another. A report … Continue reading
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Tagged clay minerals, CRISM, Isidis Planitia, lava, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, olivine, phyllosilicates, Syrtis Major
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