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Tag Archives: Santa Fe Crater
Tornado-like winds from impacts scoured surface
Plumes of vapor generated by ancient impacts on Mars created tornado-like winds possibly swirling at more than 500 miles per hour, which explain mysterious streaks seen near large impact craters on the Martian surface. In looking at NASA images of … Continue reading
HiRISE: Fragmentation blocks in ejecta flow
Fragmentation blocks in the ejecta flow of Santa Fe Crater. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, crater ejecta, ejecta, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, Santa Fe Crater, University of Arizona
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Endeavour rim rocks slope “wrong” way
The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, exploring the eroded rim segments of Endeavour Crater, has found that the uplifted rocks of the crater’s rim have an unexpected structure: they slope downward into the crater. Geologist Larry Crumpler (New Mexico Museum of … Continue reading
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Tagged Botany Bay, complex craters, Endeavour Crater, LPSC 2014, Mars Exploration Rover, Matijevic Formation, MER, Murray Ridge, NASA, Opportunity, Santa Fe Crater, Shoemaker Formation, Solander Point
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