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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-10-03 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dark, defrosting spots formed on a polygon-cracked plain in the south polar region of Mars.
PIA03009:
Defrosting Spots
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-10-02 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a view of frozen carbon dioxide in the south polar residual cap of Mars. Much of the south polar residual cap exhibits terrain that resembles stacks of sliced Swiss cheese.
PIA03008:
Frozen Frozen CO2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-10-01 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows springtime defrosting patterns formed in a dune field and surrounding polygon-patterned ground in the south polar region of Mars.
PIA03007:
Defrosting South #2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-30 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows outcrops of south polar layered terrain enhanced by bright patches of carbon dioxide frost.
PIA03006:
Enhanced by Frost
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-29 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a large collapse pit (and portions of several smaller pits) in the Tractus Fossae portion of the Tharsis region of Mars.
PIA06416:
Collapse Pit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-28 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a gully formed in the wall of a north middle-latitude crater. Similar gullies are common at the middle and polar latitudes of Mars, and might have formed by the action of liquid water.
PIA06413:
Gully in the North
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-27 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the Elysium/Mare Cimmerium face of Mars in mid-September 2005.
PIA06408:
Mars at Ls 288°: Elysium/Mare Cimmerium
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-26 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows polygonal patterned ground on a south high-latitude plain on Mars. The outlines of the polygons, like the craters and hills in this region, are enhanced by the presence of bright frost left over from the previous winter.
PIA06376:
High Latitude Polygons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-25 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a fuzzy, nearly-circular bright, active dust devil making its way across the rugged terrain of the Loire Vallis system on Mars.
PIA06354:
Loire Dust Devil
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-24 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows collapse pits and troughs on the lower northeast flank of the giant martian volcano, Ascraeus Mons on Mars.
PIA06353:
Pits on Ascraeus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a small, springtime dust devil creating a dark streak on the plains of Argyre on Mars. The small, bright dot is the dust devil.
PIA06352:
Devilish Details
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-22 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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This image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor from Sept. 2005, shows details among some of the eroded layer outcrops of the martian south polar region. Much of the south polar region of Mars is covered by a thick unit of layered material.
PIA06344:
South Polar Details
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-21 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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This picture is a composite from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor of daily global images acquired Sept. 2005, at Ls 288° during a previous Mars year. The picture shows the Syrtis Major face of Mars.
PIA06343:
Mars at Ls 288°: Syrtis Major
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-20 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows sharp detail of a scarp at the head of Chasma Boreale, a large trough cut by erosion into the martian north polar cap and the layered material beneath the ice cap.
PIA04296:
Scarp at Head of Chasma Boreale
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-20 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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This image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows pits in Mars' south polar cap are generally circular and in some areas visually resemble a stack of thin slices of Swiss cheese.
PIA04295:
Four Mars Years of South Polar Changes Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-20 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows spiral dust cloud over Arsia Mons on Mars. White and bluish areas are thin clouds of water ice.
PIA04294:
Repeated Clouds over Arsia Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-20 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA is considering Eberswalde crater as a possible landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory mission; the spacecraft will arrive at Mars in August 2012.
PIA04293:
Eberswalde Delta in High Resolution
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-20 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the southern rim of the summit crater, or caldera, of the intermediate-sized martian volcano, Ulysses Patera on Mars.
PIA04292:
Recently-Formed Impact Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-20 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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When a boulder rolls down a dusty slope, it can leave behind a trail of depressions known as boulder tracks. This image is from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft.
PIA04291:
Rolling Stones Make New Boulder Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-20 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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This image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a gully on a dune in an unnamed crater in the Hellespontus region of Mars, west of the Hellas Basin.
PIA04290:
New Gullies on Martian Sand Dune
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-19 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the results of wind action on the floor of the giant martian impact basin, Huygens. The large crater in this image has a wind streak on its lee side.
PIA03005:
Huygens Wind Streak
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-18 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the inverted remains of several channels in a fan-like complex in the Aeolis region of Mars. The inverted channels are flat-topped ridges that trend from southeast to northwest.
PIA03004:
Inverted Channels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-17 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a wind-eroded terrain. The ridges that cut across the scene are classic yardangs, a landform created by wind erosion. These are located in the Eumenides Dorsum region of Mars.
PIA03003:
Wind-Eroded Terrain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-16 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the complex surfaces of some of the light- and intermediate-toned sedimentary rock exposed by erosion in eastern Sinus Meridiani on Mars. A dark feature with a rayed pattern is the product of a meteor impact.
PIA06078:
Meridiani Rocks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-15 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a ripple-covered valley floor in the Hyblaeus Fossae region on Mars. Winds blowing up and down the length of the valley have helped to concentrate windblown grains to form these large, megaripples.
PIA06008:
Rippled Valley Floor
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-14 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a lonely, light-toned butte composed of sedimentary rock in northern Sinus Meridiani on Mars.
PIA05258:
Lonely Butte
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the Acidalia/Mare Erythraeum face of Mars in mid-September 2005.
PIA05217:
Mars at Ls 288°: Acidalia/Mare Erythraeum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-12 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a the cloud feature on Mars, as it appeared over three Mars years.
PIA05079:
Celebrating 8 Years at Mars: Repeated Weather Events
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-11 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows heavily-cratered lava flows on the slopes of the martian volcano, Ascraeus Mons on Mars. The mountain is a classic shield volcano, similar in many respects to the volcanoes of Hawaii.
PIA04289:
Flows of Ascraeus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows an inverted valley in eastern Arabia Terra on Mars. The relatively flat-topped ridge was once the floor, or a material covering the floor, of an ancient martian valley.
PIA04288:
Inverted Valley
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-09 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a view of the martian south polar region, as it appeared on 8 September 2005.
PIA04287:
MOC Imaging Resumes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-08 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows outcrops of light-toned, sedimentary rock among darker-toned mesas in Aram Chaos on Mars. Dark, windblown megaripples -- large ripples -- are also present at this location.
PIA04286:
Aram Chaos Rocks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows clouds common in late spring over martian terrain located southwest of the Arsia Mons volcano. Arsia Mons is the dark, oval feature near the limb.
PIA04285:
Tharsis Limb Cloud
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the Tharsis face of Mars in mid-September 2005.
PIA04284:
Mars at Ls 288°: Tharsis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-05 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a dust devil caught in the act of creating a dark streak on the floor of the large, south mid-latitude crater, Mendel, on Mars.
PIA04283:
Caught in the Act
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-04 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows light-toned, layered, sedimentary rocks exposed by erosion in Terby Crater, located on the north rim of the Hellas Basin. Sedimentary rocks are common on Mars.
PIA04259:
Sediments of Terby
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-03 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows polygons enhanced by subliming seasonal frost in the martian south polar region. The circular features are degraded meteor impact craters.
PIA04212:
Polygons and Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-02 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a patch of frost-covered, dark sand that, at the time the picture was acquired in June 2005, had begun to defrost. The frost is carbon dioxide.
PIA04199:
Defrosting Sand
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-01 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows an impact crater cut by troughs which formed after the crater formed. The crater and troughs have large windblown ripples on martian floors.
PIA04198:
Cut By Troughs
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-31 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a crater formed in light-toned, layered, sedimentary rocks in Meridiani Planum on Mars. Erosion of sedimentary rock layers around the crater rim has caused an uneven retreat.
PIA04197:
Meridiani Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-30 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the south polar region of Mars in mid-August 2005.
PIA04177:
Mars at Ls 269°: South Polar Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-29 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows frost-covered sand dunes in the martian north polar region.
PIA04173:
Frosty Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-28 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a frost-covered slope in the south polar region of Mars. The layered nature of the terrain in the south polar region is evident in a series of irregular, somewhat stair-stepped bands.
PIA04172:
Layered Slope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-27 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows light-toned, layered rock outcrops found in eastern Candor Chasma, part of the vast Valles Marineris trough system on Mars.
PIA04171:
East Candor's Rocks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-26 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows yardangs, a typical ridge pattern formed by wind erosion, in southern Amazonis on Mars.
PIA04170:
Amazonis Yardangs
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-25 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows light-toned, layered, sedimentary rock outcrops in the crater, Terby. The crater is located on the north rim of Hellas Basin on Mars.
PIA04167:
Terby's Rocks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-24 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the walls and floor of a valley in the western Memnonia region of Mars. The finely-textured ridges and pits found on the valley walls and upland outside of the valley were formed by wind erosion.
PIA04166:
Valley Crossing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the Elysium/Mare Cimmerium face of Mars in mid-August 2005.
PIA04165:
Mars at Ls 269°: Elysium/Mare Cimmerium
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-22 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows eroded bedrock among the mountains of western Argyre. Smooth on Mars, dark areas are patches of windblown sand.
PIA04164:
West Argyre
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-21 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the floor of a crater in western Arabia Terra. Martian sediment in two basic forms: (1) light-toned, layered, sedimentary rock outcrops and (2) dark, windblown sand dunes.
PIA04163:
Sediments of Arabia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-20 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows varied springtime patterns formed in defrosting, seasonal carbon dioxide frost in the south polar region of Mars. Polygonal forms such as these might indicate the presence of ice below the surface.
PIA04162:
The Defrosting South
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-19 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows layered material exposed by erosion in the south polar region of Mars. At the time the image was acquired, the surface was covered with seasonal carbon dioxide frost.
PIA04161:
South Polar Layers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-18 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dark-outlined polygons on a frost-covered surface in the south polar region of Mars.
PIA04151:
Polar Polygons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-17 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows kidney bean-shaped pits, and other pits, formed by erosion in a landscape of frozen carbon dioxide in the martian south polar residual cap.
PIA04150:
Polar Cap Pits
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-16 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the Syrtis Major face of Mars in mid-August 2005.
PIA04149:
Mars at Ls 269°: Syrtis Major
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-15 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows rugged terrain in the Nestus Valles portion of northern Memnonia on Mars. Wind erosion has scoured the landscape. Dust mantles the scene.
PIA04148:
Rugged Terrain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-14 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a circular depression and a suite of eroding mesas of carbon dioxide. These features occur in the south polar residual cap of Mars.
PIA04147:
South Polar Depression
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows gullies cut into layered rock and debris on the wall of a south middle-latitude crater on Mars.
PIA04146:
Martian Gullies
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-12 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a slope upon which are exposed some of the layered materials that underlie the south polar cap of Mars.
PIA04145:
Polar Layers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-11 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows severely tilted, or dipping, layered rocks in Oudemans Crater in the Valles Marineris region of Mars. The rocks have a light tone and are somewhat broken-up by faults. These rocks were deposited in flat-lying layers.
PIA04140:
Severely-Dipping Layers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows eroded remnants of carbon dioxide ice in the south polar residual cap of Mars.
PIA04139:
Polar Landforms
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-09 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the Acidalia/Mare Erythraeum face of Mars in mid-August 2005.
PIA04138:
Mars at Ls 269°: Acidalia/Mare Erythraeum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-08 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows bright (and a few dark) wind streaks formed in the defrosting carbon dioxide of Mars' south polar seasonal frost cap.
PIA04137:
Defrosting Patterns
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dark sand dunes on the floor of a southern mid-latitude impact crater on Mars. Craters are commonly the site of sand dunes, as sand may become trapped in these topographic depressions.
PIA04136:
Mid-latitude Dunes
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a suite of small, dark sand dunes on the floor of a crater in western Arabia Terra on Mars.
PIA04135:
Windblown Dunes
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a dust-mantled, wind-eroded landscape in the Medusae Sulci region of Mars.
PIA04134:
Wind-Eroded Landscape
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dark-toned sand dunes on the floor of the large martian impact crater, Herschel, located in the Terra Cimmeria region of Mars.
PIA04133:
Dunes of Herschel
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows yardangs, a ridge-and-groove landform produced by wind erosion of a granular, sand-rich bedrock. These are located west-southwest of the volcano, Olympus Mons on Mars.
PIA04132:
Wind-Eroded Terrain
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the Tharsis face of Mars in mid-August 2005.
PIA04131:
Mars at Ls 269°: Tharsis
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows Mars' south polar residual cap landscape, formed in frozen carbon dioxide.
PIA04130:
Frozen Carbon Dioxide
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Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a rare patch of dark sand dunes in the Nilosyrtis Mensae region of Mars.
PIA04129:
Nilosyrtis Dunes
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a wind-eroded landscape in the Amazonis Mensa region of far western Tharsis on Mars. Two meteor impact craters are seen in a state of partial-exhumation from within the wind-eroded material.
PIA04128:
Exhuming Craters
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows knobs of remnant, wind-eroded, layered sedimentary rock that once completely covered the floor of a crater located west of the Sinus Meridiani region of Mars.
PIA04125:
Sedimentary Rock Remnants
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a view of linear troughs and mesas formed in the frozen carbon dioxide of the martian south polar residual cap.
PIA04124:
South Polar Variety
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Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows aligned pits formed by collapse along a fault trend in the Tractus Catena region of Mars, in northern Tharsis.
PIA04122:
Collapse Pits
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the Elysium/Mare Cimmerium face of Mars in mid-July 2005.
PIA04117:
Mars at Ls 249°: Elysium/Mare Cimmerium
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a gullied crater wall in the Terra Sirenum region of Mars. Fluids formed the gully channels and deposited debris in aprons at the base of the crater wall.
PIA04116:
Martian Gullies
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows three aligned meteor impact craters on the floor of a much larger crater in the Noachis Terra region on Mars.
PIA04115:
Triple Impact
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows ome of the widely-varied terrain of the martian south polar residual cap. The landforms here are composed mainly of frozen carbon dioxide.
PIA04114:
Carbon Dioxide Landscape
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the interior of a trough, formed by faulting, on the lower southwest flank of Biblis Patera, a volcano in the Tharsis region of Mars. Boulders attest to the hardness of volcano rock, largely mantled with dust.
PIA04113:
Bouldery Trough
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a polygon-cracked plain in the south polar region of Mars. Dark spots and streaks indicate areas where the frost had begun to change and sublime away.
PIA04112:
Polygon-Cracked Plain
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows an impact crater in western Daedalia Planum on Mars, with a wind streak around it.
PIA04110:
Crater in Daedalia
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the Syrtis Major face of Mars in mid-July 2005.
PIA04109:
Mars at Ls 249°: Syrtis Major
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows channels carved by catastrophic floods in the Tharsis region of Mars. This area is located northwest of the volcano, Jovis Tholus, and east of the large martian volcano, Olympus Mons.
PIA04103:
Cerberus Troughs
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows channels carved by catastrophic floods in the Tharsis region of Mars. The terrain is presently mantled with fine dust.
PIA04102:
Tharsis Flood Features
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows small barchan dunes on the floor of a crater in western Arabia Terra on Mars. Similar dunes are found in most of the larger craters of this region.
PIA04101:
West Arabia Barchans
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a curved, pitted ridge in Isidis Planitia on Mars. This feature may be a remnant of a once more-extensive layer of material that covered the present, cratered surface.
PIA03999:
Curved and Pitted Ridge
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a pair of small meteor impact craters in the Arena Colles region of Mars, located north of Isidis Planitia.
PIA03998:
Pair of Craters
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This image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a variety of circular pits, arcuate scarps, troughs, buttes, and mesas on Mars' south polar cap.
PIA03997:
The Changing South Polar Cap of Mars: 1999-2005 Animation Icon
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the Acidalia/Mare Erythraeum face of Mars in mid-July 2005.
PIA03996:
Mars at Ls 249°: Acidalia/Mare Erythraeum
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a suite of troughs in the Tharsis region that were also the site of some catastrophic floods. These features are located northwest of the volcano, Jovis Tholus.
PIA03994:
Troughs in Tharsis
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows complexly-eroded, layered, sedimentary rock outcrops in southern Melas Chasma, part of the vast Valles Marineris trough system on Mars.
PIA03993:
Melas Layers
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a portion of the upper west flank of the giant martian volcano, Olympus Mons. Although considered to be young relative to much of Mars, at high resolution the Olympus Mons volcano turns out to be heavily cratered.
PIA03992:
Rugged Olympus Mons
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dark, windblown sand in the form of dunes and a broad, relatively flat, sand sheet in Ganges Chasma, part of the eastern Valles Marineris trough complex on Mars.
PIA03990:
Ganges Chasma Sands
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a chain of collapse pits fomed among dust-mantled lava flows in the eastern Tharsis region of Mars.
PIA03987:
East Tharsis Pit Chain
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows dark, windblown sand dunes in the caldera of Nili Patera, a volcanic crater in Syrtis Major on Mars.
PIA03986:
Nili Patera Dunes
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the Tharsis face of Mars in mid-July 2005.
PIA03985:
Mars at Ls 249°: Tharsis
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a polgyon-cracked surface, into which deep, somewhat kidney-bean-shaped pits have formed. These are landscapes of the martian south polar residual cap.
PIA03980:
South Polar Polygons
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a small, dust-covered, volcano in the Jovis Fossae region of Mars, known for its extremely large volcanoes, such as Olympus Mons. Many small volcanoes also occur on the red planet, particularly in the Tharsis region.
PIA03979:
Small Dusty Volcano
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows knobs and buttes of an eroded landscape north of the crater, Antoniadi, in far eastern Arabia Terra on Mars.
PIA03978:
Knobby Eastern Arabia
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