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Tag Archives: NASA
Curiosity: RMI looks at distant caprock
Sol 2461, July 9, 2019. The rover’s Remote Micro-Imager (RMI) reaches out and captures a stretch of thin caprock on a distant butte. Click the image to enlarge it. Sol 2461 raw images (from all cameras).
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA
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MARCI weather report, July 1-7, 2019
Dust storm activity picked-up over the northern lowlands of Mars this past week. Near the middle of the week, long arcuate-shaped dust storms propagated eastward across the plains of Acidalia. Subsequent dust events swept northward over the perennial north polar … Continue reading
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Tagged atmosphere, clouds, dust, 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: Watching the dune gullies
Watching the dune gullies. When dune gullies are as gorgeous as these, it’s an easy thing to want to continue to observe them for any seasonal changes. These are located in Matara Crater, a region that we’ve monitored before many … Continue reading
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Tagged dune gullies, dunes, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Matara Crater, MRO, NASA, sand dunes, seasonal processes, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Wind-etched sediments in Gordii Dorsum
THEMIS Image of the Day, July 10, 2019. The most common active process affecting the surface of Mars today is erosion by the wind. In areas of poorly cemented surface materials, the effect is more easily seen. This image near … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Gordii Dorsum, linear ridges, Mars Odyssey, NASA, sediments, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, wind erosion, yardangs
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HiRISE: Exposed material southwest of an impact crater
Exposed material southwest of an impact crater. This terrain is right at the edge of the ejecta blanket of an impact crater to the south of Louros Valles, which itself is on the southern edge of Ius Chasma and was … Continue reading
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Tagged crater ejecta, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, Ius Chasma, Louros Valles, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Radial crater ejecta in Utopia
THEMIS Image of the Day, July 9, 2019. Today’s VIS image shows part of an unnamed crater in Utopia Planitia. The ejecta surrounding the crater rim shows both layering and radial grooves. These features formed during the impact event. Explore … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, crater ejecta, Mars Odyssey, NASA, radial ejecta, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, Utopia Planitia
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Curiosity update: A busy holiday weekend!
Sols 2457-60, July 3, 2019, update by MSL scientist Mark Salvatore: Curiosity will continue to investigate the rocky Harlaw region of the Glen Torridon formation on this holiday weekend. Curiosity arrived at her current location on Monday and has been … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, Benfiddich, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Curiosity, Dunnet, Forth, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA, Orbost
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Curiosity update: Investigating laminated rocks
Sols 2455-56, July 2, 2019, update by MSL scientist Susanne Schwenzer: The 4th of July is coming up – and so the team worked to keep the rover busy without keeping ourselves busy! Today Earth time we planned two Mars … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeolis Mons, CBU, clay-bearing unit, Corston, Culross, Curiosity, Gale Crater, Glen Torridon, Mars Science Laboratory, Mount Sharp, MSL, Murray Formation, NASA
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HiRISE: Triggered!
Triggered! A possible new impact site (formed at most between February 2004 and December 2011) is the likely cause of these slope streaks. Dark blast zones not seen in other images with lower resolution than HiRISE can often trigger a … Continue reading
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Tagged dark slope streaks, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, recent impacts, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Hills and graben in Cerberus Fossae
THEMIS Image of the Day, July 8, 2019. The two linear depressions at the bottom of today’s VIS image are part of Cerberus Fossae. The features are termed graben and are formed by crustal extension that allows material to subside … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, Cerberus Fossae, faulting, graben, hills, Mars Odyssey, NASA, tectonics, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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