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Medusae Fossae Formation: single largest source of dust on Mars

Posted on July 24, 2018 by rburnham

The dust that coats much of the surface of Mars originates largely from a single thousand-kilometer-long geological formation near the Red Planet’s equator, scientists have found. A study published in the journal Nature Communications found a chemical match between dust … Continue reading →

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Water ice is buried near Mars equator in small areas

Posted on August 17, 2017 by rburnham

A re-analysis of data from the Neutron Spectrometer on NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter has nearly doubled the data’s resolution. The higher-resolution data show that small deposits of water ice lie buried at shallow depths near the martian equator in several … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Dark sediments in the Medusae Fossae Formation

Posted on June 7, 2017 by rburnham

Dark sediments in the Medusae Fossae Formation. Beautiful Mars series.

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Gale Crater’s mound: part of the Medusae Fossae Formation?

Posted on June 1, 2012 by rburnham

The Medusae Fossae Formation (MFF) is a thick deposit of soft materials that erodes easily by wind. The formation spreads in several large patches between the volcanic provinces of Elysium and Tharsis. In addition, outliers extend farther afield, with some … Continue reading →

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