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Tag Archives: pitted mounds
HiRISE: Pitted cone & wrinkle ridge, Aurorae Chaos
Pitted cone crosscut by a wrinkle ridge in Aurorae Chaos. These are possible mud or igneous volcanoes. Beautiful Mars series. [More at links]
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Tagged Aurorae Chaos, Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, pitted cones, pitted mounds, pseudocones, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: This speckled landscape
This speckled landscape. In addition to the bright rock, there are mounds with pits at their summits. Beautiful Mars series. [More at links]
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, Deuteronilus Mensae, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, pitted mounds, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Pitted cones: possible methane sources?
This observation shows relatively bright mounds scattered throughout darker and diverse surfaces in Chryse Planitia. These mounds are hundreds of meters in size. The largest of the mounds shows a central pit, similar to the collapsed craters found at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Chryse Planitia, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, pitted mounds, rootless cones, Trace Gas Orbiter, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Faults and pitted mounds in Utopia Planitia
Faults and pitted mounds in Utopia Planitia. This is the summit of a high massif. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, faulting, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, mounds, MRO, NASA, pitted mounds, University of Arizona, Utopia Planitia
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HiRISE: Pitted mounds in Aurorae Chaos
Pitted mounds in Aurorae Chaos. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Aurorae Chaos, Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, mounds, MRO, NASA, pitted mounds, University of Arizona
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