Tag Archives: Zephyria Planum

HiRISE: The bedforms, they are a-changin’

Posted on July 30, 2018 by rburnham

The bedforms, they are a-changin’. This is in Zephyria Planum. Beautiful Mars series. [More at links]

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THEMIS: Wind-etched ridges on Zephyria Planum

Posted on July 27, 2018 by rburnham

THEMIS Image of the Day, July 27, 2018. This VIS image is located near Zephyria Planum. Winds of two different directions have excavated a poorly cemented surface into linear ridge features called yardangs. Examining the structure of the ridges, it … Continue reading →

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HiRISE: Martian meanders and scroll-bars

Posted on March 1, 2017 by rburnham

This is a portion of an inverted fluvial channel in the region of Aeolis / Zephyria Plana, at the Martian equator. Channels become inverted when the sediments filling them become more resistant to erosion than the surrounding material. Here, the … Continue reading →

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