Tag Archives: Meridiani Planum

THEMIS: The Martian, Part 3: Meridiani Planum

Posted on October 14, 2015 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, October 14, 2015. All this week, the THEMIS Image of the Day is following on the real Mars the path taken by fictional astronaut Mark Watney, stranded on the Red Planet in the book and … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Steep sloped crater on Meridiani Planum

Posted on September 4, 2015 by rburnham

Simply stupendous steep slope Meridiani Planum. Beautiful Mars series.

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HiRISE: Outcrops & strata near Meridiani Planum

Posted on August 29, 2014 by rburnham

Outcrops and strata near Meridiani Planum. Beautiful Mars series.

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Opportunity: Sol 3729, July 21, 2014

Posted on July 22, 2014 by rburnham

Looking west over sand ripples onto Meridiani Planum with the Navcam (three-frame composite). At left is part of Cape Tribulation. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a location map. (A shortcut to Sol 3729 Navcam images is here.)

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Opportunity: Sol 3705, June 26, 2014

Posted on June 27, 2014 by rburnham

Preparing to examine an embedded outcrop on the western flank of Murray Ridge; the flat horizon of Meridiani Planum lies in the background. Opportunity raw images, its latest mission status, and a location map. (A shortcut to Sol 3705 front … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Large crater in Meridiani Planum

Posted on June 6, 2014 by rburnham

This crater is located in Meridiani Planum, about 20-kilometers northwest of where the Opportunity rover landed in 2004 (and about 42-kilometers northwest of Endeavour Crater’s rim, where the rover has been busy the past few years). Although it’s in the … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Two-color dunes in Meridiani Terra

Posted on April 9, 2014 by rburnham

Why are these dunes different colors? Sand on Mars is typically dark in tone, as it commonly derived from volcanic rocks like lava flows. In HiRISE enhanced color, which operates in long infrared wavelengths (beyond what the human eye can … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Margin of a crater near Meridiani Planum

Posted on April 8, 2014 by rburnham

Beautiful Mars series: Margin of a crater near Meridiani Planum. More Beautiful Mars images.

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Radar measures thickness of Meridiani Planum sedimentary units

Posted on March 21, 2014 by rburnham

Landed upon and explored by the Opportunity rover, the rocks of Meridiani Planum have been intensively studied, both from orbit and from ground level. Now scientists in a team led by Thomas Watters (Smithsonian Institution) have used the MARSIS ground-penetrating … Continue reading →

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Checking out Schiaparelli’s landing site

Posted on March 21, 2014 by rburnham

Five poster talks (PDF) at the 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas, presented geological and engineering studies of the landing ellipse on Meridiani Planum for Schiaparelli. This is the non-roving entry, descent, and landing demonstrator module … Continue reading →

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