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Tag Archives: University of Arizona
HiRISE: A layered mound in Juventae Chasma
Many of the chasmata (the plural of “chasma”) in Valles Marineris contain light-toned mounds that are distinct from the darker rocks that define the walls. The light-toned mounds, like this one in Juventae Chasma, generally contain sulfates, which are salts … Continue reading
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Tagged High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Juventae Chasma, layered deposits, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, sulfates, University of Arizona
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Mars Phoenix: Dust covers landing scars after almost 5 Mars years
A recent view from Mars orbit of the site where NASA’s Phoenix Mars mission landed on far-northern Mars nearly a decade ago shows that dust has covered some marks of the landing. The Phoenix lander itself, plus its back shell … Continue reading
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Tagged High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, landing sites, Mars Phoenix, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Icy layers in craters
Scientists now realize that ice is very common on the Martian surface. It often fills up craters and valleys in the mid-latitudes in older climates, although when it’s covered in dust it can be hard to recognize. Today the climate … Continue reading
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Tagged ground ice, groundwater, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Stranger (crater) things
Stranger (crater) things. Could this deposit at the bottom of an impact crater be a relic of glacial features? Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, periglacial processes, periglacial terrain, rock glaciers, Tyrrhena Terra, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Almost….
Almost… These two channels in Hebrus Valles almost made a connection, but alas… Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, Hebrus Valles, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, lava channels, lava tubes, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona, volcanics
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HiRISE: This broken land
This broken land. Surface near Athabasca Valles lava. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Athabasca Valles, Beautiful Mars, chaotic terrain, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, lava flows, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona, volcanics
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HiRISE: A nice gathering of slope streaks
A nice gathering of slope streaks. Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, dark slope streaks, dust avalanches, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Etched terrain in Meridiani Planum
Etched terrain in Meridiani Planum. Meridiani Planum is a plain located 2 degrees south of Mars’ equator, and the region itself is home to the rover Opportunity. (Altitude: 271 km.) Beautiful Mars series.
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Tagged Beautiful Mars, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Meridiani Planum, MRO, NASA, Opportunity, University of Arizona
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter preps aging hardware, instruments for extended operation
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has begun extra stargazing to help the space agency accomplish advances in Mars exploration over the next decade. The spacecraft already has worked more than double its planned mission life since launch in 2005. NASA … Continue reading
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Tagged Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, Context Camera, CRISM, CTX, HiRISE, igh Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, Malin Space Science Systems, MARCI, Mars Climate Sounder, Mars Color Imager, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MCS, MRO, MSSS, NASA, Shallow Radar, SHARAD, University of Arizona
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HiRISE: Crater tadpoles
This impact crater looks amusingly like a tadpole because of the valley that was carved by water that used to fill it. When the water level inside the crater increased, it breached the crater wall, flowed outward and formed a … Continue reading
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Tagged channels, crater lakes, fluvial channels, High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, MRO, NASA, University of Arizona, valleys
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