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Tag Archives: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
HiRISE: Seeing through the dusty air
Mars has been enveloped in dusty haze, but the sensitivity of HiRISE enables imaging of surface features through a moderate level of haze. This image shows a fresh impact crater in the northern middle latitudes. A technique called “pixel binning” … Continue reading
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Tagged global dust storm, haze, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, pixel binning, planet-encircling dust event, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Sand sea monitoring
Sand sea monitoring. This ocean of dunes is located within central Juventae Chasma. Beautiful Mars series. [More at links]
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, dunes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Juventae Chasma, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sand dunes, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Stratified deposits in Crommelin Crater
Stratified deposits in Crommelin Crater. This target contains light-toned deposits, a key area to investigate the geometrical and geological relationship between the central bulge and the partially sediment-covered crater floor. Also: swirls! Beautiful Mars series. [More at links]
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, Crommelin Crater, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, layered deposits, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, stratigraphy, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Channels and ripples along crater walls
Channels and ripples along crater walls. From the science rationale: “We would like a HiRISE image of the selected area to look for evidence of both fluvial and aeolian processes on the crater wall. Specifically, we are looking for channels … Continue reading
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, craters, eolian processes, fluvial processes, gullies, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Isidis Planitia, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Rubicon Valles
Rubicon Valles. We dare you to cross this! Beautiful Mars series. [More at links]
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Rubicon Valles, University of Arizona
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MARCI weather report, September 3-9, 2018
Slightly hazy conditions continued across many regions of Mars last week. Near the start and end of the week, a couple small dust lifting events occurred over the low-latitudes of Noachis Terra. Looking to the eastern hemisphere, a transient local-scale … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, dust storms, global dust storms, haze, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, MSSS, NASA, storms, weather, wind
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HiRISE: Hanging sand dunes in Coprates Chasma
Dune fields located among canyon wall slopes are also known as “wall dune fields” and are further identified as either climbing or falling. Falling dunes are defined as large bedforms with lee faces on the downhill side—indicating that this is … Continue reading
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Tagged Coprates Chasma, dunes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sand dunes, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Fan with inverted channels
This image shows inverted channels within a fan whose origin could be either fluvial (produced by the action of a stream) or alluvial (created by sedimentary deposits). If the fan is alluvial, then it formed on dry land. If the … Continue reading
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Tagged alluvial fan deposits, fluvial landforms, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, inverted channels, inverted topography, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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MARCI weather report, Aug 27-Sept 2, 2018
Dusty atmospheric conditions resulting from the planetary-encircling dust event continued to wane across much of Mars for the past week. Looking to the equatorial latitudes, a couple short-lived dust events were observed over North Central Noachis Terra. Further west, dust … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, dust storms, global dust storms, haze, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, MSSS, NASA, storms, weather, wind
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HiRISE: Pitted cones: possible methane sources?
This observation shows relatively bright mounds scattered throughout darker and diverse surfaces in Chryse Planitia. These mounds are hundreds of meters in size. The largest of the mounds shows a central pit, similar to the collapsed craters found at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Chryse Planitia, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, pitted mounds, rootless cones, Trace Gas Orbiter, University of Arizona
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