Tag Archives: Noctis Labyrinthus

THEMIS: Cracks, pits, faults, & graben in the Labyrinth of Night

Posted on October 25, 2016 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, October 25, 2016. This VIS image shows some of the graben which form Noctis Labyrinthus. Graben are formed when pairs of faults cause the material between them to move downward, creating the linear trough. The … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Dreaming of graben in the Labyrinth of Night

Posted on June 30, 2016 by rburnham

Noctis Labyrinthus is a highly tectonized region immediately to the west of Valles Marineris. It formed when Mars’ crust stretched itself apart. In this region, the crust first stretched in a north-south direction (as evidenced by the east-west trending scarp) … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Possible sulfates in Noctis Labyrinthus

Posted on June 16, 2016 by rburnham

Possible sulfates in Noctis Labyrinthus. Beautiful Mars series.

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Lakes in Noctis Labyrinthus: ancient habitable environments?

Posted on February 9, 2016 by rburnham

Groundwater circulation beneath a massive tectonic rift zone located along the flanks of some the Solar System’s largest volcanic plateaus resulted in the formation more than 3 billion years ago of some the deepest basins on Mars, according to a … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Jarosite in Noctis Labyrinthus

Posted on January 29, 2016 by rburnham

This image shows the western side of an elongated pit depression in eastern Noctis Labyrinthus. Along the pit’s upper wall is a light-toned layered deposit. CRISM spectra extracted from the light-toned deposit are consistent with the mineral jarosite, which is … Continue reading →

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HRSC: Noctis Labyrinthus in perspective

Posted on January 28, 2016 by rburnham

A small portion of the vast Noctis Labyrinthus region, part of a complex graben system relating to volcanic activity in the Tharsis region. As the crust bulged it stretched apart nearby terrain, ripping fractures several kilometres deep and leaving blocks … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Light-toned hydrated deposits

Posted on December 10, 2015 by rburnham

Light-toned hydrated deposits in eastern Noctis Labyrinthus  — Because no likes a deposit with split ends. Beautiful Mars series.

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THEMIS: Noctis Labyrinthus false color

Posted on December 2, 2014 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, December 2, 2014. This false color image covers part of Noctis Labyrinthus. The bluish tone in the lower elevation depressions may indicate atmospheric haze. More THEMIS Images of the Day by geological topic.

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HiRISE: Water-bearing rocks in Noctis Labyrinthus

Posted on July 30, 2014 by rburnham

The bright rocks in this image have minerals that contain water. These water-bearing minerals are found using the companion instrument on the MRO spacecraft called CRISM. By combining the spectral data from the CRISM instrument with the high resolution visible … Continue reading →

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Against the current with lava flows

Posted on May 13, 2014 by rburnham

Primeval lava flows formed the massive canyons and gorge systems on Mars. Water, by contrast, was far too scarce on the Red Planet to have cut these gigantic valleys into the landscape. This is the conclusion of several years of … Continue reading →

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