Tag Archives: Palikir Crater

Groundwater origin for recurring slope lineae?

Posted on March 29, 2019 by rburnham

In mid-2018, researchers supported by the Italian Space Agency detected the presence of a deep-water lake on Mars under its south polar ice caps. [Ed. note: previously reported here.] Now researchers at the USC Arid Climate and Water Research Center … Continue reading →

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THEMIS: Gullies, ejecta at Palikir Crater

Posted on October 27, 2016 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, October 27, 2016. Today’s VIS image is of Palikir Crater in Terra Sirenum. The inner rim of the crater is dissected with numerous gullies. In higher resolution images from other imagers these gullies are the … Continue reading →

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HiRISE image: Warm-season slope flows

Posted on February 10, 2014 by rburnham

Dark, seasonal flows emanate from bedrock exposures at Palikir Crater on Mars in this image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. These flows, now documented at several places on Mars, form and … Continue reading →

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