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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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White Rock' is the unofficial name for this unusual landform which was first observed during NASA's Mariner 9 mission in the early 1970's and is now shown here in an image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA03773:
White Rock
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image shows a portion of a volcano called Alba Patera. This region has many unique valley features that at first glance look much like the patterns formed by rivers and tributaries on Earth, but are actually quite discontinuous.
PIA03774:
Alba Patera
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Splotchy water ice clouds obscure the surface in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, however, most of Mars was in a relatively clear period when this image was acquired.
PIA03775:
A Cloudy Day on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The Cerberus feature, imaged here by NASA's Mars Odyssey, is a dark region at the southeastern edge of the huge Elysium Mons volcanic complex that was visible to early astronomers because it was a distinctive dark spot on a large bright region of Mars.
PIA03776:
Cerberus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows streamers of dark sand coming from outcrops of the lower, dark-toned unit on Mars' polar cap.
PIA03777:
Erosion of North Polar Layers and Genesis of nearby Sand Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor captured this image of the Mars Terra Meridiana region showing layered material exposed in cliffs, buttes, and mesas that in some ways resemble the rock outcrops of northern Arizona and southeastern Utah in North America.
PIA03778:
Northern Terra Meridiani's "Monument Valley"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows Nirgal Vallis, a narrow valley system across the martian surface near 28°S latitude, north of the large basin, Argyre. The floor of the valley system is largely covered with light-toned dunes and ripples.
PIA03779:
Nirgal Vallis and its Windblown Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the Tharsis volcanic region (left), Valles Marineris chasms (right) and the late winter south polar cap (bottom).
PIA03780:
Nirgal Vallis and its Windblown Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image shows a region in northern Arabia Terra where knobby or 'scabby' plains units that mantle and modify a pre-existing cratered surface dominate the unusual landscape.
PIA03782:
Knobby Terrain in Northern Arabia Terra
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Noctis Labyrinthus, a large valley system at the western end of the Valles Marineris canyon system notable for a pattern of intersecting valleys, which give it a maze-like appearance when viewed from above.
PIA03783:
Noctis Labyrinthus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image covers a tract of plateau territory called Ophir Planum. The most obvious features in this scene are the fractures (ranging from 1 to 5 km wide) running from the upper left to lower right.
PIA03784:
Crustal Fractures of Ophir Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This region of Terra Meridiani, imaged by NASA's Mars Odyssey, shows an old, heavily degraded channel that appears to terminate abruptly at the rim of a 10 km diameter crater, suggesting that the impact crater was created after the channel was formed.
PIA03785:
Cratered terrain in Terra Meridiani
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft is from the region of Syrtis Major, which is dominated by a low-relief shield volcano and believed to be an area of vigorous aeolian activity with strong winds in the east-west direction.
PIA03786:
Syrtis Major
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a region of northern Tempe Terra. Patchy water-ice clouds cover portions of the low-lying canyon at the top (north) of this image.
PIA03787:
Clouds in the Northern Tempe Terra
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The eastern rim of this unnamed crater in Southern Arabia Terra, imaged by NASA's Mars Odyssey, is very degraded, indicating that it's an ancient crater that's been subjected to erosion and bombardment from impactors such as asteroids and comets.
PIA03788:
Degraded Crater Rim
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Cerberus, seen in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, is a dark region on Mars that has shrunk down from a continuous length of about 1000 km to roughly three discontinuous spots a few 100 kms in length in less than 20 years.
PIA03789:
Cerberus Wind Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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At the top right of this NASA Mars Odyssey image, the rim of the caldera of Pavonis Mons, one of four exceptionally large volcanoes in the Tharsis region, is barely visible with steep cliffs formed by the collapse of a portion of the volcano's summit.
PIA03790:
Pavonis Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft displays dust devil tracks on the surface of Mars. Most of the lighter portions of the image likely have a thin veneer of dust settled on the surface.
PIA03791:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-05 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Kasei Valles is one of the largest outflow channels on Mars. This NASA Mars Odyssey image is of the northern branch of Kasei Valles and shows the channel floor and northern channel wall.
PIA03792:
Kasei Valles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image is of the ridged plains of Lunae Planum in the northern hemisphere of Mars. Wrinkle ridges, a very common landform on Mars, Mercury, Venus, and the Moon, are found mostly along the eastern side of the image.
PIA03793:
Wrinkle Ridges and Young Fresh Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The rugged, arcuate rim of the 90 km crater Reuyl dominates this NASA Mars Odyssey image. Reuyl crater is at the southern edge of a region known to be blanketed in thick dust based on its high albedo (brightness) and low thermal inertia values.
PIA03794:
Reuyl Crater Dust Avalanches
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Splotchy water ice clouds obscure the northern lowland plains in the region where NASA's Viking 2 spacecraft landed in this image by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA03795:
Water Ice Clouds over the Northern Plains
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows Utopia Planitia, a large plain in the northern hemisphere of Mars. It is believed that this basin is the result of a large impact.
PIA03796:
Utopia Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image shows a close-up view of the ridged plains in Hesperia Planum, a classic locality for Martian surfaces that formed in the 'middle ages' of the planet's history.
PIA03797:
Hesperia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Although the largest volcanoes on Mars (and in the solar system) are located in the geologically young Tharsis region, there are many Martian volcanoes that display equally interesting features, such as Hadriaca Patera in this NASA Mars Odyssey image.
PIA03798:
Hadriaca Patera
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image shows a portion of the summit region of Arsia Mons, one of the four giant volcanoes in the Tharsis region of Mars. This volcano stands more than 20 km above the surrounding plains, and is about 450 km in diameter at its base.
PIA03799:
Arsia Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Gamma Ray Spectrometer Suite
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NASA Mars Odyssey observations are used in this global view of Mars in intermediate-energy, or epithermal, neutrons. Soil enriched by hydrogen is indicated by the deep blue colors on the map, which show a low intensity of epithermal neutrons.
PIA03800:
Global Map of Epithermal Neutrons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Gamma Ray Spectrometer Suite
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Observations by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft show a global view of Mars in low energy, or thermal, neutrons. Thermal neutrons are sensitive to the presence of hydrogen and the presence of carbon dioxide, in this case 'dry ice' frost.
PIA03801:
Global Map of Thermal Neutrons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Gamma Ray Spectrometer Suite
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Observations by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft show views of the polar regions of Mars in thermal neutrons (top) and epithermal neutrons (bottom). In these maps, deep blue indicates a low amount of neutrons and red indicates a high amount.
PIA03802:
Polar Maps of Thermal and Epithermal Neutrons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Gamma Ray Spectrometer Suite
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This diagram shows a possible configuration of ice-rich and dry soil in the upper meter (3 feet) of Mars. The ice-rich soil was detected by the gamma ray spectrometer suite of instruments aboard NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA03803:
Cross-Section of Icy Soil
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This artist's rendering portrays ice-rich layers in the soils of Mars being detected by instruments aboard NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA03804:
Artist's View of Odyssey Detecting Ice (Artist Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-29 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Color differences in this daytime infrared image taken by the camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft represent differences in the mineral composition of the rocks, sediments and dust on the surface.
PIA03805:
Surface Composition Differences in Martian Canyon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-29 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Infrared imaging from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows signs of layering exposed at the surface in a region of Mars called Terra Meridiani.
PIA03806:
Mars Surface Layers in Infrared
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Observations by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft show a global view of Mars in high-energy, or fast, neutrons.
PIA03807:
HEND Maps of Fast Neutrons
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This global view of Mars in intermediate-energy, or epithermal, neutrons was created from observations by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA03808:
HEND Maps of Epithermal Neutrons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the northern interior wall of Coprates Chasma, one of the major canyons that form Valles Marineris.
PIA03809:
Coprates Chasma
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This image of Tharsis Rise from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a series of linear features called graben, which are associated with crustal extension resulting in up and down blocks of crust that run perpendicular to the direction of the extension.
PIA03810:
Tharsis Rise Graben
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Many places on Mars, such as in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft of a crater superposed on the floor of a larger crater, display scabby, eroded landscapes that commonly are referred to as etched terrain.
PIA03811:
Northern Arabia Etched Terrain
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a portion of Maunder Crater with a number of interesting features including a series of barchan dunes that are traveling from right to left and gullies.
PIA03812:
Maunder Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image shows the transition zone between maze-like troughs of Noctis Labyrinthus and the main Valles Marineris canyon system. This huge system of troughs near the equator of Mars was most likely created by tectonic forces.
PIA03813:
Noctis Labyrinthus/Valles Marineris transition
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The finely layered deposit in Becquerel crater, seen in the center of this NASA Mars Odyssey image, is slowly being eroded away by the action of windblown sand.
PIA03814:
Becquerel Crater Deposit
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey captures Mangala Fossa. Mangala Fossa is a graben, which in geologic terminology translates into a long parallel to semi-parallel fracture or trough.
PIA03815:
Mangala Fossa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-04-09 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Color differences in this daytime infrared image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft represent differences in the mineral composition of the rocks, sediments and dust on the surface.
PIA03816:
Surface Composition Differences in Martian Canyon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows signs of layering exposed at the surface in a region of Mars called Terra Meridiani. The brightness levels show daytime surface temperatures.
PIA03817:
Mars Surface Layers in Infrared
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Juventae Chasma is an enormous box canyon which opens to the north and forms the outflow channel Maja Vallis. This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft captures a portion of the western floor of Juventae Chasma and shows a wide variety of landforms.
PIA03818:
Floor of Juventae Chasma
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This image to the east of Tharsis Tholus from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows one of many vast fields of lava flows produced by the great Tharsis volcanoes.
PIA03819:
Lava Flows in Eastern Tharsis
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Hebrus Valles is located in the Elysium Planitia region of the northern lowlands of Mars. This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows three sinuous tributaries of the channel system which carved up the surrounding plains.
PIA03820:
Hebrus Valles
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The movement pathways of molten rock, or lava, is demonstrated in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft of a portion of Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in our solar system.
PIA03821:
Southeastern Scarp of Olympus Mons
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A portion of an ancient channel called the Huo Hsing Vallis is seen in the center of this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey. As with all channel forms on Mars, it was carved by some moving fluid but that fluid can not automatically be assumed to be water.
PIA03822:
Huo Hsing Vallis
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a location close to Mars' equator, near the southern edge of a low, broad volcanic feature called Syrtis Major.
PIA03823:
Syrtis Major
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The ancient sinuous river channel shown in this image by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft was likely carved by water early in Mars history. Auqakuh Valles cuts through a remarkable series of rock layers that were deposited and then subsequently eroded.
PIA03824:
Auqakuh Valles
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Streamlined islands, like the one shown in this NASA Mars Odyssey image, are one piece of geologic evidence that large quantities of water once flowed across the surface of Mars in the distant past.
PIA03825:
Streamlined Islands in Ares Valles
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The fractured surface shown in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft belongs to a portion of a region called Gorgonum Chaos located in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
PIA03826:
Gullies of Gorgonus Chaos
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One of the many branches of the Mangala Vallis channel system is seen in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft. The water that likely carved the channels emerged from a huge graben or fracture almost 1000 km to the south.
PIA03827:
Northwestern Branch of Mangala Vallis
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image shows a remarkable array of dunes on the floor of a large impact crater named Baldet. Many of the dunes in this region are isolated features with large, sand-free 'interdune' surfaces between the individual dunes.
PIA03828:
Floor of Baldet Crater
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a classic example of a Martian impact crater with a central peak. Central peaks are common in large, fresh craters on both Mars and the Moon.
PIA03829:
Impact Crater with Peak
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a portion of Aureum Chaos located just south of the Martian equator. This fractured landscape contains canyons and mesas with two large impact craters in the upper left.
PIA03830:
Canyons and Mesas of Aureum Chaos
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Among the many varied landscapes on Mars the term chaos is applied to those places that have a jumbled, blocky appearance, like in this image from NASA Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA03831:
Ariadnes Colles Chaos
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of Galle Crater. It was taken far enough south and late enough into the southern hemisphere fall to observe water ice clouds partially obscuring the surface.
PIA03832:
Galle Crater
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The eastern rim of this unnamed crater in Claritas Fossae is very degraded, as seen in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey, indicating that it's very ancient and has been subjected to erosion and bombardment from impactors such as asteroids and comets.
PIA03833:
Claritas Fossae
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, which displays clearly the contrast between bedrock, sand, and dust surfaces, covers a portion of Coprates Chasma, part of the Valles Marineris system of canyons that stretch for thousands of kilometers.
PIA03834:
Coprates Chasma
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This image by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft is within a region called Lunae Planum, west of NASA's Viking 1 landing site, that marks the transition between the Tharsis rise, a giant volcanic complex, and the northern lowland plains.
PIA03835:
Lunae Planum
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Tantalus Fossae, seen in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, is a set of long valleys on the eastern side of Alba Patera. These valleys are referred to as grabens and are formed by extension of the crust and faulting.
PIA03836:
Tantalus Fossae
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This positive relief feature in the ancient highlands of Mars, imaged by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, appears to be a heavily eroded volcanic center. The top of the feature appears to be under attack by the erosive forces of the Martian wind.
PIA03837:
Small Volcano in Terra Cimmeria
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image shows the effects of erosion on a beautiful sequence of dramatically layered rocks within Candor Chasma, which is part of the Valles Marineris.
PIA03838:
Candor Chasma
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This image by NASA's Mars Odyssey illustrates the complex terrains within Terra Meridiani. This general region is one of the more complex on Mars, with a rich array of sedimentary, volcanic, and impact surfaces that span a wide range of Martian history.
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Terra Meridiani
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The jumbled, chaotic terrain in this NASA Mars Odyssey image may represent a source region for the Reull Vallis, one of the larger channel systems in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
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Reull Vallis Source Region
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a region of Mars' northern hemisphere called Ismenia Fossae. Most of the landforms are the degraded remains of impact crater rim and ejecta from an unnamed crater (75 km diameter) just north of this scene.
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Ismenia Fossae
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Off the western flank of Elysium are the Hephaestus Fossae, seen in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey, with linear arrangements of small, round pits. These features are commonly called 'pit chains' and most likely represent the collapse of lava tubes.
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Hephaestus Fossae
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This crater within part of Amazonis Planitia was captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft and displays a number of common features exhibited by Martian craters.
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Amazonis Planitia
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image shows several 'fretted' channels within Deuteronilus Mensae in the northern plains of Mars. These linear troughs appear to have been extensively modified by surficial processes.
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Deuteronilus Mensae
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The floor of a 75 km diameter crater in the Amenthes region of Mars displays lobate flow features in the center of this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
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Amenthes Crater
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows an ancient channel in Arabia Terra.
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Huo Hsing Vallis
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Hrad Valles, seen in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, is located north-northwest of the large Elysium Mons volcanic complex and is yet another example of a channel that likely carried fluids.
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Hrad Valles
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a region of Mars called Ophir Planum. The Valles Marineris system of canyons that stretch for thousands of kilometers across Mars are located just south of the area covered in the image.
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Ophir Planum
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The craters on Mars display a variety of interior deposits, one of which is shown in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey. Spallanzani Crater is located far enough south that it probably experiences the seasonal growth and retreat of the south polar cap.
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Spallanzani Crater
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image covers a large area over the summit of Ulysses Patera, one of the many volcanoes that make up the giant Tharsis volcanic province, although Ulysses itself is fairly small in comparison to the other volcanoes in this area.
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Ulysses Patera
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image of NASA's Viking 1 landing site was taken to commemorate the anniversaries of NASA's Apollo 11 landing on the Moon and Viking 1 landing on Mars -- July 20, 1969 and July 20, 1976, respectively.
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1st Manned Lunar Landing and 1st Robotic Mars Landing Commemorative Release: Viking 1 Landing Site in Chryse Planitia - Infrared Image
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NASA's Viking 1 landing site is shown in this commemorative image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft to celebrate the July 20, 1969 and 1976 anniversaries of NASA's Apollo 11 and Viking 1 landings on the Moon and Mars, respectively.
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1st Manned Lunar Landing and 1st Robotic Mars Landing Commemorative Release: Viking 1 Landing Site in Chryse Planitia - Visible Image
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft displays sand dunes covered in CO2 frost. This is a region of Mars that contains circumpolar sand seas.
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Frosted Sand Dunes
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image shows a location near the highland-lowland boundary scarp in a region called Nepenthes Mensae with relatively smooth plains dotted with some craters and stepped mesas and knobs.
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Nepenthes Mensae
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This set of images from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the so-called 'face on Mars' landform located in the northern plains of Mars.
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The So-Called "Face on Mars" in Infrared
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The lineations seen in this NASA Mars Odyssey image occur in Acidalia Planitia. These fissures, or cracks in the ground, are possibly evidence that there was once subsurface ice or water in the region.
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Acidalia Planitia
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Lineations (fissures, or cracks in the ground) can be seen in this image of Acidalia Planitia from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft and create what is referred to as 'patterned ground' or 'polygonal terrain.'
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Pandora Fretum Crater
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey covers a portion of the Medusa Fossae formation, near the equator of Mars. The most characteristic feature of the Medusa Fossae formation is the abundance of 'yardangs,' which are erosional landforms carved by wind.
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Yardangs in Medusa Fossae
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Located roughly equidistant between two massive volcanoes, the approximately 60 km Poynting Crater and its ejecta, shown in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, have experienced an onslaught of volcanic activity.
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Poynting Crater Ejecta
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a sample of the middle member of the Medusae Fossae formation. The layers exposed in the southeast-facing scarp suggest that there is a fairly competent unit underlying the mesa in the center of the image.
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Medusae Fossae
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The lowland plains of Elysium Planitia contains a terrain that puzzles Mars scientists. Landforms in the region are the plates and ridges seen throughout most of this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey.
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Enigmatic Terrain of Elysium Planitia
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft displays a frosted crater in the Martian northern hemisphere. It was taken during the northern spring, when the CO2 ice cap starts to sublimate and recede.
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Frosted Crater
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This landslide along a portion of a ridge in Promethei Terra was imaged by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft. Landslides have very characteristic morphologies on Earth, which they also display on Mars.
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Promethei Terra
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This image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a circular feature in northern Terra Meridiani on Mars.
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Partially-Exhumed Crater in Northern Terra Meridiani: Mosaic of M04-01289, E17-01676, and M21-01646
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This anaglyph from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a circular feature in northern Terra Meridiani. The circular feature was once an impact crater. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
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Partially-Exhumed Crater in Northern Terra Meridiani: Stereo Anaglyph of overlapping coverage in M04-01289 and E17-01676
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows gullies that occur on the layered north wall of a crater in Newton Basin on Mars. Dark sand dunes are visible.
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Gullies in a Crater Wall in Newton Basin:
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a dust devil that seen climbing the wall of a crater at 4.1°S, 9.5°W on May 21, 2002. This crater is in western Terra Meridiani on Mars.
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A Dust Devil Making a Streak and Climbing a Crater Wall
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This image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor taken in 2002, shows that the 'Inca City' ridges, located at 82°S, 67°W, are part of a larger circular structure that is about 86 km (53 mi) across.
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"Inca City" is Part of a Circular Feature
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These NASA Mars Odyssey images show layered deposits located on the floor of Ganges Chasma, part of the Valles Marineris canyon system, in both infrared (left) and visible (right) wavelengths.
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Odyssey/Ganges
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These Mars Odyssey images show the 'White Rock' feature on Mars in both infrared (left) and visible (right) wavelengths. 'White Rock' is the unofficial name for this landform that was first observed during NASA's Mariner 9 mission in the early 1970's.
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Odyssey/White Rock
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These images from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft show the Becquerel crater in different lights -- visible, daytime infrared and nighttime infrared.
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Odyssey/ Becquerel
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows gullies on the walls of two different meteor impact craters that occur in Newton Basin in Sirenum Terra, Mars, exhibiting patches of wintertime frost on the crater wall, and dark-toned sand dunes on the floor.
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18,812 New MGS MOC Images Archived and Online
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a shaded relief model derived from the MGS MOLA gridded topography for a small part Mars' polar cap.
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Derived Topographic Model from Mars Global Surveyor Instruments
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