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HiRISE: Bedrock on the floor of Kaiser Crater

Posted on April 19, 2019 by rburnham

HiRISE has often imaged inside Kaiser Crater to monitor active sand dunes and gullies. Surrounding these dunes, we often find clean bedrock exposures, because the actively moving sand clears off the dust. Kaiser Crater is 207 kilometers wide and was … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Bonestell Crater in false color

Posted on April 19, 2019 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, April 19, 2019. Today’s false-color image shows part of Bonestell Crater. This is a relatively young crater located in Acidalia Planitia. Dust blown into the crater and the downslope movement of fine materials from the … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Pits and depressions to the east of Juventae Chasma

Posted on April 18, 2019 by rburnham

Pits and depressions to the east of Juventae Chasma. Juventae Chasma is a large box canyon, located north of Valles Marineris in the Coprates quadrangle and cuts more than 5 kilometers into the plains of Lunae Planum. HiRISE Picture of … Continue reading →

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Mars 2020: Things are stacking up for the spacecraft

Posted on April 18, 2019 by rburnham

For the past few months, the clean room floor in High Bay 1 at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has been covered in parts, components and test equipment for the Mars 2020 spacecraft, scheduled for launch toward the … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Goodbye, my fair Aberlady

Posted on April 18, 2019 by rburnham

Sol 2381, April 17, 2019, update by MSL scientist Sarah Lamm: Curiosity is finishing up at “Aberlady” and ready to move on to our next drill target. We are preparing to drill a second hole in the clay bearing unit. … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Abstract art in Ius Chasma

Posted on April 18, 2019 by rburnham

Sometimes Mars’ surface is just beautiful as seen through the eyes of HiRISE. This is one example on the floor of Ius Chasma, part of Valles Marineris. The region has had a complex history of sediment deposition, deformation, erosion, and … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: North polar ice cap in false color

Posted on April 18, 2019 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, April 18, 2019. The polar caps of Mars were deposited over millions of years. Seasonal depositions of ice and dust have created layer upon layer of material. In this false color image the white and … Continue reading →

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Curiosity update: Lucky number 3

Posted on April 17, 2019 by rburnham

Sol 2380, April 16, 2019, update by MSL scientist Brittney Cooper: Yesterday’s discussions with the science team focused on determining which target in the vicinity of “Aberlady” will become the focus of the next drill campaign: target 2, or target … Continue reading →

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MARCI weather report, April 8-14, 2019

Posted on April 17, 2019 by rburnham

Weather patterns were fairly typical across Mars this past week. Looking to the northern hemisphere, a couple of dust storms dipped southward towards southern Acidalia. Neighboring these events, a local-scale storm occurred over Tempe Terra near the beginning of the … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Landslides in Cerberus Fossae

Posted on April 17, 2019 by rburnham

Cerberus Fossae is a steep-sided set of troughs cutting volcanic plains to the east of Elysium Mons. Steep slopes on Mars have active landslides (also called “mass wasting”), and here we see evidence for two types of activity. First, the … Continue reading →

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