Tag Archives: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

HiRISE: A curious Curiosity

Posted on July 2, 2018 by rburnham

A curious Curiosity. This is a 2017 image of the rover Curiosity at Vera Rubin Ridge. The feature is named after an American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates. This image is at full resolution. Beautiful Mars series. [More … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Contact between Apollinaris Patera and the Medusae Fossae formation

Posted on June 29, 2018 by rburnham

Contact between Apollinaris Patera and the Medusae Fossae formation. Let’s hope they get along. (The Medusae Fossae Formation is to the right in this image and is noticeable for the yardangs — those long, high standing rock formations — we … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Lingering frost

Posted on June 28, 2018 by rburnham

Lingering frost. The North Polar layered deposits comprise a thick stack of icy layers. Part of this image has lingering seasonal frost, which serves to accentuate those layers.  An additional rationale for this observation is to document new activity in … Continue reading →

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MARCI weather report, June 18-24, 2018

Posted on June 27, 2018 by rburnham

The planet-encircling dust event endured across Mars last week. As the week progressed, storm activity expanded over Solis-Sinai, Aonia, and Sirenum. Dusty conditions also continued from Isidis to Olympus and from Argyre to western Sirenum. Storm activity south of Hellas, … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Ice block avalanche

Posted on June 27, 2018 by rburnham

HiRISE has been re-imaging regions first photographed in 2006 through 2007, six Mars years ago. This long baseline allows us to see large, rare changes as well as many smaller changes. One of the most actively changing areas on Mars … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: New crater blues

Posted on June 26, 2018 by rburnham

New crater blues. This new impact was found by the Context Camera team who asked HiRISE to take a high-resolution image. They estimated the impact happened between January 2012 and September 2016, because they have a picture from the  THEMIS … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Majestic slopes of Hebes Chasma

Posted on June 26, 2018 by rburnham

Majestic slopes of Hebes Chasma. Beautiful Mars series. [More at links]

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HiRISE: Hills in Ganges Chasma

Posted on June 25, 2018 by rburnham

The hills in Ganges Chasma. Ganges Chasma is in the northeast portion of Valles Marineris, and opens into outflow channels that flowed to the north. Scattered hills on the canyon floor may be remnants of chaos terrain that formed from collapse … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Dune field in crater

Posted on June 22, 2018 by rburnham

Shadow dancing. Sometimes the less said about a picture, the better. Beautiful Mars series. [More at links]

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HiRISE: Erosional window into possible playa deposits

Posted on June 21, 2018 by rburnham

An erosional window into possible playa deposits. This is within a large impact crater. Length of layers here might help determine it there is an alluvial or playa origin. Beautiful Mars series. [More at links]

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