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Tag Archives: NASA
Curiosity: Roving the clay-enriched plains
Sol 2432, June 10, 2019. After a lengthy drive across the pebbled surface, Curiosity is parked near low outcroppings of bedrock. Click either image to enlarge it. Sol 2432 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, Vera Rubin Ridge
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HiRISE: Rhythmic layers east of Medusae Fossae
The surface of this image looks wavy, like that of the sea. These wave shapes are the result of erosion: the removal of material, which has been ongoing for millions, if not billions, of years. This erosion is likely performed … Continue reading
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Tagged High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, layered deposits, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Medusae Fossae, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona, wind erosion
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THEMIS: Rough ground in Nilosyrtis
THEMIS Image of the Day, June 11, 2019. Today’s VIS image is located on the margin of the Terra Sabaea highlands and the Nilosyrtis Mensae lowlands. The drop off is very steep – about 18,000 ft. This “edge” circles the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, ASU, crustal dichotomy, glacial deposits, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Nilosyrtis Mensae, periglacial processes, rock glaciers, Terra Sabaea, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System
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HiRISE: Tooting Crater ejecta
In this picture we can see a huge tongue-like form, which looks a like a mudflow with boulders on its surface. This “tongue” is only a small part of a larger deposit that completely surrounds Tooting Crater (not visible in … Continue reading
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Tagged crater ejecta, ejecta, fluidized ejecta, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Tooting Crater, University of Arizona
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Curiosity: Makin’ tracks
Sols 2429-30, June 7, 2019. After driving 47 meters (154 feet) east, Curiosity halted and mission controllers directed the Mastcam (34mm lens) to shoot a five-frame composite looking forward (above). The next (martian) day, the right-side Hazcams shot the scene … Continue reading
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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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HiRISE: Wisps
Wisps. This rough terrain with prominent, wispy dust streaks is within Mangala Valles. Mangala Valles is a complex system of criss-crossing channels on Mars, located in the Tharsis region. HiRISE Picture of the Day archive. [More at links]
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Tagged dark slope streaks, dust avalanches, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiPOD, HiRISE, HiRISE Picture of the Day, Mangala Valles, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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THEMIS: Summit caldera of Arsia Mons
THEMIS Image of the Day, June 10, 2019. Today’s VIS image shows part of the summit caldera of Arsia Mons. Arsia Mons is the southernmost of the three large Tharsis volcanoes. Extensive lava plains originated from eruptions of this volcano. … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona State University, Arsia Mons, ASU, calderas, lava flows, Mars Odyssey, NASA, Tharsis, THEMIS, THEMIS Image of the Day, Thermal Emission Imaging System, volcanic vents
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Watch Mars 2020 rover assembly via JPL webcam
A newly installed webcam offers the public a live, bird’s-eye view of NASA’s Mars 2020 rover as it takes shape at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. You can watch as JPL engineers and technicians assemble and test the … Continue reading
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Tagged Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, M2020, Mars 2020, Mars 2020 rover, NASA
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Latest weather at Gale Crater and Elysium Planitia
Daily Elysium charts and data (temperature, wind speed, atmospheric pressure)
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Tagged Curiosity, dust storms, Elysium Planitia, Gale Crater, InSight, Interior Exploration Using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and Heat Transport, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Mars Science Laboratory, MSL, NASA, temperature, Temperature and Wind for InSight, TWINS, weather
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Curiosity: Where next?
Sol 2429, June 7, 2019. Two Navcam composites, one forward-facing (above) and one to the rear, show Curiosity’s surroundings. Click either image to enlarge it. Sol 2428 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, Vera Rubin Ridge
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