Fields of Boulders
The HiRISE imager on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) took this image of a boulder field on Mars. The boulders are alongside of a canyon probably resulting from a land slide – see the caption...
View ArticleMRO Sees Schiaparelli
Here’s an update from an earlier post. Nice work from the HiRise camera on the Mar Reconnaissance Orbiter. You can see a larger version of the image above by clicking it. There is a larger version...
View ArticleA View From Above
And what at first looks something like an image of a herd of animals or something of the like. . . . . . turns out to be nothing even close. These are the remains of gas pockets below the seasonal ice...
View ArticleLooking At Home
A beautiful sight and one that could be seen by humans in the not too distant future. This image was taken from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and took a bit of processing, however I suspect at some...
View ArticleMartian Bedrock
Roadside bedrock outcrops are all too familiar for many who have taken a long road trip through mountainous areas on Earth. Martian craters provide what tectonic mountain building and man’s TNT...
View ArticleLandslide!
On Mars that is. This is from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter or MRO. Fantastic observation. Imagine this landslide unfolding; the gravity on Mars is just a bit less than 38 percent of what it is...
View ArticleWhat Is a Hoodoo?
This is a Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter view of hoodoos on Mars. The image is part of a larger image you can see here (links off-site) I better let Candy Hansen (NASA/JPL/University of Arizona)...
View ArticleAvalanche!
This image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows streaks forming on slopes when dust cascades downhill. The dark streak is an area of less dust compared to the brighter and reddish...
View ArticleMartian Pac-Man-like Crater
As much as I hate to admit this, I know what Pac-Man is. You might say “well who doesn’t know Pac-Man? I remember quite a lot of life BEFORE Pac-Man or those type games. Ha, kind of makes me feel a...
View ArticleMartian Dust Storm
The planet Mars is becoming shrouded in dust. I mentioned the other day the rover Curiosity seemed to be in pretty good shape as far as dust coverage goes or at least did not have as much dust coverage...
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