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Tag Archives: linear gullies
HiRISE: Gullies in a crater in Acidalia Planitia
Gullies in a crater in Acidalia Planitia. The objective of this observation is to examine gullies on the north wall of a crater. The slope looks quite steep and the gullies are fairly straight. Beautiful Mars series. [More at links]
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Tagged Acidalia Planitia, Beautiful Mars, fluvial processes, gullies, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, linear gullies, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, mass wasting, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Sliding ice block dunes
Sliding ice block dunes. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, dust devil tracks, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, linear gullies, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: So long in the making
So long in the making. While monitoring gullies through a Mars year (which is 687 days), we might also see fresh frost deposits.Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, linear gullies, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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Dry ice slabs carve linear grooves down Mars dunes
The “megadune” in Russell Crater features linear grooves or gullies a few meters wide, a meter or two deep, and roughly a kilometer or two long.
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Tagged atmosphere, CO2 ice, dunes, grooves, gullies, HiRISE, linear gullies, Russell Crater
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