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Add Image to Favorite List 2018-08-06 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 MCS
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This image shows a side-by-side comparison from from NASA two infrared instruments of CO2 ice at the north (left) and south (right) Martian poles over the course of a typical year (two Earth years).
PIA22546:
Growth and Retreat of the CO2 Ice at the Martian Poles Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-11 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 MOLA
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows regional landscape near Mars' south pole called 'cryptic terrain.' Cool colors are areas with a low albedo (dark) and warm colors are areas which have high albedo (bright).
PIA10138:
Location of Sites Within 'Cryptic Terrain'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-19 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows temperatures outlining the growth and retreat of the martian northern and southern polar ice caps. The caps grow in winter and are composed of carbon dioxide ice.
PIA04298:
Five Years of Monitoring Mars' Daytime Surface Temperatures (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-19 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the daily abundance of dust in the martian atmosphere over a period of three full martian years, from April 1999 through February 2005.
PIA04297:
Three Years of Monitoring Mars' Atmospheric Dust (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-01-03 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer
Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
Panoramic Camera
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Spirit View of 'Wishstone' (False Color)
PIA07191:
Spirit View of 'Wishstone' (False Color)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-13 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This graph shows the seasonal trend of air temperatures 100 meters (328 feet) above NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity from late summer to mid-winter of Mars' southern hemisphere.
PIA07103:
Seasonal Air Temperatures Above Opportunity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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Seasonal Trend in Water Vapor Seen from Orbit
PIA07102:
Seasonal Trend in Water Vapor Seen from Orbit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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The red dot labeled 'Sol 134-141' in this map illustrates when and where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit acquired the 'Santa Anita Panorama.'
PIA06688:
Spirit Traverse Map
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-03 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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The colored dots in this image mosaic NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity denote thermal data in features that make up the impact crater known as 'Endurance' on Mars.
PIA06015:
The Temperature of "Endurance"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-17 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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Surface composition in 'Endurance Crater' is mapped with color-coded interpretation of data from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. The information has been overlaid onto a view of a crater on Mars.
PIA05933:
Seeing 'Endurance' Through Infrared Eyes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-17 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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Temperature information from the miniature thermal emission spectrometer on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is overlaid onto a view of the site from Spirit's panoramic camera indicating rates of change in surface temperatures during a martian day.
PIA05932:
Temperature Map, "Bonneville Crater" (4:39 p.m.)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-17 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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Temperature information from the miniature thermal emission spectrometer on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is overlaid onto a view of the site from Spirit's panoramic camera indicating rates of change in surface temperatures during a martian day.
PIA05931:
Temperature Map, "Bonneville Crater" (2:35 p.m.)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-17 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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Rates of change in surface temperatures during a martian day indicate differences in particle size in and near 'Bonneville Crater' as shown in this image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) taken in 2004.
PIA05930:
Temperature Map, "Bonneville Crater" (1:35 p.m.)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-17 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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Temperature information from the miniature thermal emission spectrometer on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is overlaid onto a view of the site from Spirit's panoramic camera indicating rates of change in surface temperatures during a martian day.
PIA05929:
Temperature Map, "Bonneville Crater" (11:49 a.m.)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-17 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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Temperature information from the miniature thermal emission spectrometer on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is overlaid onto a view of the site from Spirit's panoramic camera indicating rates of change in surface temperatures during a martian day.
PIA05928:
Temperature Map, "Bonneville Crater" (10:15 a.m.)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-17 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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Temperature information from the miniature thermal emission spectrometer on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit is overlaid onto a view of the site from Spirit's panoramic camera indicating rates of change in surface temperatures during a martian day.
PIA05927:
Temperature Map, "Bonneville Crater"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-14 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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The mineralogy of
PIA05758:
Recipe for 'Bounce' Rock
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-14 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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The mineralogy of 'Bounce' rock was determined by fitting spectra from laboratory minerals to the spectrum of Bounce taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity including pyroxene, plagioclase and olivine commonly found in basaltic volcanic rocks.
PIA05757:
Best Fit for 'Bounce'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-14 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This graph shows the light signatures, or spectra, of two sides of the rock dubbed 'Bounce,' located at Meridiani Planum, Mars. The spectra were taken by the miniature thermal emission spectrometer onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.
PIA05756:
'RAT' Leaves a Fine Mess
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-01 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
Panoramic Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows a daisy pattern created by the rover's rock abrasion tool on the surface of 'Mazatzal.' The pattern was made as the rover brushed dust off enough area on the rock to form the pattern.
PIA05673:
Daisy in Full Bloom on "Mazatzal"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-31 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Microscopic Imager
Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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This mosaic, created from four images taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's microscopic imager, outlines the target on 'Bounce' rock that the rover's rock abrasion tool later abraded.
PIA05660:
Eye on "Bounce"
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-27 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Hazcam
Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This image from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity focuses on a target called 'Goal 5' a wind-rippled spot on the upper part of the crater, higher in hematite content compared to other soils within the crater.
PIA05645:
Ebony and Ivory
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This figure derived from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the first ever atmospheric temperature profile measured from the top of the Mars atmosphere all the way to the surface.
PIA05559:
A Full Profile on Mars Temperature
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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Footprints from Above
PIA05558:
Footprints from Above
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-12 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This image shows the hematite abundance map for a portion of the Meridiani Planum rock outcrop called 'Echo' near where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity landed. Portions of the inner crater wall in this region appear rich in hematite (red).
PIA05550:
Hematite Abundance Map at Echo
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-12 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
Navigation Camera
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These maps, acquired from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity prior to the rover's roll-off, show the five locations the rover visited along the Meridiani Planum rock outcrop (dubbed 'Alpha,' 'Bravo,' 'Charlie,' Delta,' and 'Echo').
PIA05549:
Patches of Hematite
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-12 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
Panoramic Camera
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These maps from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's panoramic camera mast assembly, show the hematite abundance as detected by the instrument from inside the crater at Opportunity's landing site.
PIA05548:
Here-a-Hematite, There-a-Hematite
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-05 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
Navigation Camera
Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rock dubbed 'Humphrey' and the circular areas on the rock that were wiped off by the rover before drilling into the rock with its rock abrasion tool, exposing fresh rock underneath.
PIA05502:
Rock Dusting Leaves "Mickey Mouse" Mark
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-02 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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These plots, or spectra, show that the rock collection dubbed 'El Capitan' near NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing site at Meridiani Planum, Mars, consists of three primary mineral groups, sulfate, silicates, and oxides.
PIA05472:
"El Capitan" Exposed!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-14 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
Panoramic Camera
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This hematite abundance index map helps geologists choose hematite-rich locations to visit around NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing site. Blue dots equal areas low in hematite and red dots equal areas high in hematite.
PIA05289:
Red Marks the Spot
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-12 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This graph shows atmospheric temperatures above the surface of Mars at Gusev Crater, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's landing site. The color red denotes warmer temperatures, while blue is cooler. Red and yellow waves of represent pockets of heat.
PIA05272:
Martian Heat on the Rise
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-12 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This graph shows that the air 30 meters above the surface of Mars at Gusev Crater, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's landing site, is hotter and fluctuates in temperature to a larger degree than the air higher up at 500 meters.
PIA05271:
The Heat Below
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-02-04 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
Panoramic Camera
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This map of a portion of the small crater currently encircling NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows where crystalline hematite resides. Red and orange patches indicate high levels of iron-bearing mineral, while blue and green denote low levels.
PIA05204:
Thar be Hematite!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-31 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This spectrum captured by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's mini-thermal emission spectrometer shows the presence of grey hematite in the martian soil at Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05179:
Hematite on Mars!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-14 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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These temperature profiles were derived from data taken by the mini-thermal emission spectrometer onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit showing the temperature above the surface of Mars at three different points in time.
PIA05085:
The Unpredictable Weather on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-14 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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A view of the sky as observed by the mini-thermal emission spectrometer onboard NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. This instrument detects the different wavelengths of infrared light emitted by an object producing a graph called a spectrum.
PIA05084:
What Makes Up a Martian Sky?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a graph illustrating that models used to predict the atmospheric entry details of the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit were right on track.
PIA05035:
Lessons from Spirit's Landing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-09 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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Spectra of martian dust taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's mini-thermal emission spectrometer are compared to that of the orbital Mars Global Surveyor's thermal emission spectrometer which are in excellent agreement.
PIA05030:
Dust Spectra from Above and Below
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-09 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Panoramic Camera
Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This image shows the martian terrain through the eyes of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's mini-thermal emission spectrometer, an instrument that detects the infrared light, or heat, emitted by objects. Red represents warmer regions and blue, cool.
PIA05029:
Mars Through Infrared Eyes of Spirit-3
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-09 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Panoramic Camera
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This image shows the martian terrain through the eyes of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's mini-thermal emission spectrometer, an instrument that detects the infrared light, or heat, emitted by objects. Red represents warmer regions and blue, cool.
PIA05028:
Mars Through Infrared Eyes of Spirit-2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-09 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
 Panoramic Camera
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This image shows the martian terrain through the eyes of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's mini-thermal emission spectrometer, an instrument that detects the infrared light, or heat, emitted by objects. Red represents warmer regions and blue, cool.
PIA05027:
Mars Through Infrared Eyes of Spirit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This plot from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the estimated change in dust levels from December 2003 to early January 2004 at Gusev Crater (red curve) and Meridiani Planum (black curve) on Mars.
PIA05010:
Dust in the Wind
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-01-17 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the global thermal inertia of the Martian surface as measured by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer instrument.
PIA02818:
Mars Thermal Inertia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-01-17 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows two views of Mars derived from MGS Thermal Emission Spectrometer measurements of global broadband (0.3 - ~3.0 microns) visible and near-infrared reflectance, also known as albedo.
PIA02816:
Mars Albedo
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-09-18 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a thermal image of dark dry ice on Mars' southern cap.
PIA02333:
Dark Dry Ice on Southern Cap - Thermal Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-09-18 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the mapping of Mars' polar cap recession, surface and atmospheric temperatures, and albedo features found within the seasonal cap itself.
PIA02332:
Dark Dry Ice on Southern Cap - Lambert Albedo Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-09-18 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows slab ice and snow flurries in the Mars northern polar night.
PIA02328:
Slab Ice and Snow Flurries in the Mars Northern Polar Night
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-09-18 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the Mars Polar Lander landing site noon-time temperatures in January, 1998.
PIA02327:
Mars Polar Lander Landing Site Noon-time Temperatures
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-31 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the equatorial region of Mars where both the Pathfinder and Viking 1 spacecraft landed.
PIA02320:
New Views of Mars from the Thermal Emission Spectrometer Instrument
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-17 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows cold spots attributed to surface spectral emissivity effects on Mars.
PIA02307:
TES overlayed on MOLA DEM
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows variation of dust content with time showing the growth of a storm on Mars.
PIA02061:
Growth of a Dust Storm (TES)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows surface, atmospheric dust, and atmospheric water-ice clouds have been observed as approximate spectral end-members as well as in combinations.
PIA02062:
Observed Spectral Classes (TES)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the seasonal change of the south polar ice cap on Mars over a four-month period mapped by color-coding the variation in 25-micron wavelength brightness temperatures.
PIA02057:
South Polar Cap Thermal Retreat (TES)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows spectral characteristics that indicate the occurrence of relatively-coarsely crystalline hematite over a large area near 0° latitude and 0° longitude on Mars.
PIA02056:
Hematite Map (TES)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This image shows the nighttime temperatures measured by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) instrument onboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor wrapped on to a globe.
PIA02016:
Martian Temperatures Measured by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES). Isidis Planitia View
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This image shows the nighttime temperatures measured by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) instrument onboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor wrapped on to a globe.
PIA02015:
Martian Temperatures Measured by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES). Pathfinder Landing Aite View
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This image shows the nighttime temperature of the Martian surface as measured by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) instrument onboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA02014:
Temperature of the Martian Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-01-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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Observations by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor covering one half martian year allow scientists to follow the development of the northern winter polar vortex. This high speed west wind builds up from fall to maximum strength in winter.
PIA01340:
Measurements of the Martian Winds for Three Seasons
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-01-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This image shows the concentration of hematite measured NASA's Mars Global Surveyor. The abundance of hematite is shown in red, with increasing brightness indicating increasing hematite abundance.
PIA01339:
Hematite Abundance on Martian Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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Temperatures on Mars detected by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer are seen in this image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01020:
MGS/TES Temperatures
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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Water ice clouds on Mars are seen in this image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01019:
Mars - Water Ice Clouds
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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The surface temperature at Mars' south polar region is seen in this image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01018:
Mars - Surface Temperature South Polar Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
 Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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An abundance of pyroxene at Syrtis Major on Mars is seen in this image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01017:
Pyroxene at Syrtis Major
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-24 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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This image shows the temperature of the martian surface measured by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer instrument. On September 15, 3 hours and 48 minutes after the spacecrafts third close approach to the planet.
PIA00937:
MGS Thermal Emission Spectrometer Image
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