Tag Archives: mounds

HiRISE: Mounds in depressions in Deuteronilus Mensae

Posted on May 21, 2019 by rburnham

Mounds in depressions in Deuteronilus Mensae. The objective of this observation is to determine the nature of round mounds in depressions. The depressions may be part of the ribbed upper plains unit. Some of the edges of the depressions are … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Layered deposits in northern mid-latitudes

Posted on January 4, 2019 by rburnham

Layered deposits in the northern mid-latitudes. The objective of this observation is to examine layered features in an irregularly shaped depression and a nearby crater. Some researchers have suggested that the shape of mounds in large craters may be due … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Pitted material and mounds

Posted on November 9, 2018 by rburnham

Pitted material and mounds in Chryse Planitia. This rough-looking material has many meter-length pits. What exactly is this stuff? Chryse Planitia shows evidence of water erosion in the past, and is the bottom end for many outflow channels from the southern … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Faults and pitted mounds in Utopia Planitia

Posted on November 17, 2017 by rburnham

Faults and pitted mounds in Utopia Planitia. This is the summit of a high massif. Beautiful Mars series.

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HiRISE: Pitted mounds in Aurorae Chaos

Posted on September 11, 2017 by rburnham

Pitted mounds in Aurorae Chaos. Beautiful Mars series.

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HiRISE: Colorful mounds, bedrock in Terra Sirenum

Posted on May 2, 2017 by rburnham

Colorful mounds and bedrock in Terra Sirenum. Beautiful Mars series.

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HiRISE: Spiders on mounds

Posted on December 23, 2016 by rburnham

This terrain looks like lumpy sediment on top of patterned ground. The lumpy sediment is likely just loosely consolidated because it is covered with spidery channels. This landform is uniquely Martian, formed in the spring as seasonal dry ice turns … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Dark slope streaks on a mound

Posted on November 4, 2016 by rburnham

O small martian mound! Beautiful Mars series.

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HiRISE: Crater floor with dunes and mounds

Posted on September 1, 2016 by rburnham

Uncomplicated. Beautiful Mars series.

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Giant mounds inside Mars craters were built by winds, climate change

Posted on March 31, 2016 by rburnham

New research has found that wind carved massive mounds of more than a mile high on Mars over billions of years. Their location helps pin down when water on the Red Planet dried up during a global climate change event. … Continue reading →

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