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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-28 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This is the first dust devil that NASA's rover Opportunity has observed in the rover's six and a half years on Mars. This image has been carefully calibrated and the contrast stretched to make the dust devil easier to see against the Martian sky.
PIA13305:
First Dust Devil Seen by Opportunity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-29 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a region of lava covered plains east of Olympus Mons. Winds are common in the area and have created windstreaks downwind of craters in the region and on the lava flows.
PIA13292:
Tharsis Lava
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-07-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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A small channel enters this unnamed crater in Arabia Terra. There appears to be a small fan or delta formed where the channel meets the crater floor. This image was captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey on June 15, 2010.
PIA13309:
Crater in Arabia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-02 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This small group of dunes in located within Kasei Valles. This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey was captured on June 16, 2010.
PIA13311:
Kasei Valles Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey show regions of densely coalesced dunes, common around the North Polar cap of Mars.
PIA13313:
North Polar Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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At the center of this view of an area of mid-latitude northern Mars, a fresh crater about 6 meters (20 feet) in diameter holds an exposure of bright material, blue in this false-color image observed by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA13315:
Exposed Ice in a Fresh Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This dune field is located in an unnamed crater north of Antoniadi and Baldet craters as seen by NASA's Mars Odyssey.
PIA13322:
Dunes North of Antoniadi and Baldet Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-05 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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A sandsheet with dune forms covers most of the floor of this unnamed crater within Coprates Chasma in this image captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey on June 23, 2010.
PIA13323:
Dunes Within Coprates Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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One of the tectonic fractures of Cerberus Fossae is visible at the bottom of this image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey on June 25, 2010.
PIA13324:
Cerberus Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-09 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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What appear to be channels in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey is the dissection of the higher elevations on the margin of Chryse Chaos. Continued dissection eventually creates the block/mesa forms termed chaos on Mars.
PIA13325:
Chaos Margin
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-10 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows multiple landslide deposits within Ganges Chasma.
PIA13326:
Ganges Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-11 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This streamlined island is located within Maja Valles was captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey on July 1, 2010.
PIA13327:
Streamlined Island
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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These dark dunes captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey are located on the floor of Danielson Crater in Meridiani Planum.
PIA13328:
Danielson Crater Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey of part of Meridiani Planum contains windstreaks that formed in several directions around a single crater. This indicates that wind directions changed, forming new tails for each prevailing wind direction.
PIA13329:
Windstreaks on Meridiani Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The dunes in this image captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey are near the north polar cap.
PIA13333:
Polar Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This wind eroded crater is located between Eumenides and Gordii Dorsa. The ejecta of the crater is more resistant to the wind than the surrounding materials in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey.
PIA13334:
Wind Effects
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The tectonic fractures in this image captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey on July 8, 2010 are part of Aram Chaos.
PIA13336:
Aram Chaos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-19 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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As northern summer approaches on Mars, dunes near the pole defrost and become darker appearing as shown in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey captured on July 8, 2010.
PIA13344:
Polar Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-20 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Tempe Terra is criss-crossed with numerous fracture systems. This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a region where the fractures are intersecting,
PIA13345:
Tempe Terra
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey caputured on July 23, 2010 off the northern flank of Arsia Mons shows collapse/vent features.
PIA13348:
Arsia Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The wind etched region in this image captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey on July 23, 2010 is called Zephyria Planum.
PIA13349:
Zephyria Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The small channels in this image of Utopia Planitia are south of Granicus Valles were captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey on July 23, 2010.
PIA13350:
Utopia Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-26 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The Mars Climate Sounder instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter maps the vertical distribution of temperatures, dust, water vapor and ice clouds in the Martian atmosphere as the orbiter flies a near-polar orbit.
PIA13353:
Martian Atmosphere Profiles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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NASA's Mars Odyssey captured this unnamed channel is west of Flammarion Crater in Terra Sabaea on July 23, 2010.
PIA13354:
Channel in Terra Sabaea
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Large fractures have formed 'steps' in this region of Tempe Terra as seen by NASA's Mars Odyssey.
PIA13355:
Tempe Terra
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The windstreaks in this image captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey are located on lava flows from Arsia Mons.
PIA13356:
Windstreaks on Arsia Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-31 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Many surface lava flows on the flanks of Olympus Mons are confined to narrow channels, like the ones in today's image from NASA's Mars Odyssey.
PIA13357:
Olympus Mons Flows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-01 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The dark lines in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey are the tracks of dust devils in this region of Arcadia Plainitia. As the swirling winds move along the surface, they remove the dust cover, revealing the darker rock beneath.
PIA13361:
Dust Devil Tracks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-02 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The wide channel in this image captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey is Tinto Vallis.
PIA13362:
Tinto Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey on July 27, 2010, shows some of the dunes located on the floor of Moreaux Crater.
PIA13366:
Moreaux Crater Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The dunes in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey are located in Nili Patera, one of the two patera of Syrtis Major Planum.
PIA13367:
Nili Patera Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-07 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This stereo panorama taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity includes an outcrop informally called 'Cambridge Bay.' 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA13371:
'Cambridge Bay' Outcrop Examined by Opportunity (Stereo)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-07 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This panorama taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity includes an outcrop informally called 'Cambridge Bay.' Opportunity examined this outcrop in August 2010.
PIA13372:
'Cambridge Bay' Outcrop Examined by Opportunity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The appearance of the dunes in the North Polar Erg (or sand sea) changes as the seasons move from winter to summer. This summer image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the dunes totally free of frost.
PIA13373:
North Polar Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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As the sun warms the surface and more frost is removed, the dunes and other features near the north pole of Mars are revealed. This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows that the inter-dune areas are complex.
PIA13377:
North Polar Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-09 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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During a long drive on Labor Day, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity reached the estimated halfway point of its journey from Victoria Crater to Endeavour Crater.
PIA13375:
View from Halfway Through Multi-Year Trek
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-09 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Parts of Meridiani Planum have a surface that appears to be composed of different layers of material. In this image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey the contrast of bright and dark materials indicates the different layers.
PIA13378:
Meridiani Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-10 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The channel-like features in this image captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey are fault bounded down-dropped blocks of material. These tectonic features are called Labaetis Fossae and are located on the eastern margin of the Tharsis Volcanic complex.
PIA13379:
Labeatis Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Small unnamed channels drain the surface in this region of Arabia Terra were captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey on August 3, 2010.
PIA13381:
Arabia Terra
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-14 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Clouds are common near the north polar caps throughout the spring and summer. The clouds typically cause a haze over the extensive dune fields. This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the edge of the cloud front.
PIA13386:
Clouds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-15 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The depressions in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey likely formed due to both volcanic and tectonic forces. Tectonic forces likely account for some of the depressions, while collapse into lava tubes and lava flow erosion account for the remainder.
PIA13387:
Collapse Features
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a channel within a region of chaos NW of Nili Fossae; on Mars, the term 'chaos' terrain is given to regions where areas of the surface are broken up into multiple mesas divided by low valleys.
PIA13392:
Chaos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows some of the dunes of the floor of Moreux Crater.
PIA13394:
Moreux Crater Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-20 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows dark slope streaks in an unnamed crater in Terra Sabaea.
PIA13396:
Dark Slope Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Small gullies mark the rim of this unnamed crater in Utopia Planitia in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey.
PIA13406:
Gullies
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-21 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its panoramic camera to capture this view of a dark rock the size of a toaster that may be an iron meteorite. Part of the rim of Endurance Crater is on the horizon.
PIA13395:
Opportunity Heading for Possible Meteorite
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Located at the eastern end of Vallis Marineris is the region of chaos called Aurorae. This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey is from the northern part of Aurorae Chaos and contains mesas separated by complex low lying regions.
PIA13407:
Aurorae Chaos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The ejecta blanket created around impact craters is often much more resistant to erosion than surrounding surface materials. As seen by NASA's Mars Odyssey, the ejecta material creates isolated highs as surrounding surface is eroded near Meridiani Planum.
PIA13408:
Ejecta Erosion
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Tikhonravov Crater is a large, old crater in Terra Sabaea. The crater is pockmarked by numerous younger craters and other features. This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a channel within Tikhonravov Crater.
PIA13410:
Tikhonravov Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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By high summer, the extensive dune fields of the north polar region are completely defrosted and the number and variety of dunes are readily visible. This image was captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey on August 31, 2010.
PIA13411:
Polar Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The gravity driven motion of material downhill has swept away some of the bright dust on the rim of this unnamed crater in Terra Sabaea as seen by NASA's Mars Odyssey.
PIA13412:
Dark Slope Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-29 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This mosaic of images from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows surroundings of the rover's location on Sept. 16, 2010. The terrain includes light-toned bedrock and darker ripples of wind-blown sand.
PIA13413:
Opportunity's Surroundings After Sol 2363 Drive (Vertical)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-29 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This mosaic of images from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows surroundings of the rover's location on Sept. 16, 2010. The terrain includes light-toned bedrock and darker ripples of wind-blown sand.
PIA13414:
Opportunity's Surroundings After Sol 2363 Drive (Polar)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-29 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This stereo mosaic of images from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows surroundings of the rover's location following an 81-meter (266-foot) drive east-northeastward on Sept. 16, 2010. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA13415:
Opportunity's Surroundings After Sol 2363 Drive (Stereo)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-29 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This mosaic of images from the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows surroundings of the rover's location following a drive on Sept. 16, 2010. The terrain includes light-toned bedrock and darker ripples of wind-blown sand.
PIA13416:
Opportunity's Surroundings After Sol 2363 Drive
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An iron meteorite is the latest quarry for NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. Shown here is the left-eye view of a stereo pair of images. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA13417:
Opportunity's Close-up of 'Oileán Ruaidh' (Stereo)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-29 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small channel entering the south side of Balvicar Crater.
PIA13431:
Balvicar Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the summit of Ceraunius Tholus.
PIA13433:
Ceraunius Tholus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-02 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Daedalia Planum was created by extensive lava flows from Arsia Mons. This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of those flows.
PIA13434:
Arsia Mons Flows
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The action of the wind continues to shape the surface of Mars. This region has been eroded by the wind into parallel hills. This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey was captured on Sept. 6, 2010.
PIA13437:
Wind Erosion
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-05 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity found this image of a meteorite. The science team used two tools on Opportunity's arm, the microscopic imager and the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer, to inspect the rock's texture and composition.
PIA13418:
Opportunity's Close-up of a Meteorite: 'Oileán Ruaidh' (False Color)
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity found and examined this meteorite. The science team used two tools on Opportunity's arm, the microscopic imager and the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer, to inspect the rock's texture and composition.
PIA13419:
Opportunity's Close-up of a Meteorite: 'Oileán Ruaidh' (True Color)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-05 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Pavonis Mons, one of the three huge Tharsis volcanoes, encircled on the west side by a series of arcuate ridges. How these features were formed is still unknown.
PIA13439:
Pavonis Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a region on the north end of Gordii Dorsum. Wind is the main source of erosion in this region, so the unusual texture may indicate that the surface material in this region is different from nearby regions.
PIA13461:
Wind Texture
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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As crater size increases, craters become more complex. This moderate size crater contains a central peak, created by rebound of molten material just following the impact. This image was captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey on Sept. 8, 2010.
PIA13462:
Central Peak Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Termed both 'catena' and 'fossae,' long linear depressions created by tectonic forces are a dominate surface feature of Alba Mons in this image captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA13464:
Alba Mons Tectonics
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-11 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This region of Tharsis near Olympus Mons contains subtle features showing its lava flow origin. Note the 'softened' flow fronts and lava channels in this image captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA13465:
Tharsis Lava
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The amount of sand in this region of Juventae Chasma has coalesced into a sand sheet, rather than individual dune forms. Wind continues to sculpt the sand around high standing hills in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey.
PIA13486:
Juventae Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows an approximately 7-meter diameter fresh crater and dark ejecta blanket. These small impact craters continue to form on Mars, and are most easily recognized in areas covered by bright dust.
PIA13479:
New Impact Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-13 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbite is centered on a small cone on the side of one of Mars' giant shield volcanoes. The cone shows some layers of hard rock but most of it is made of relatively soft material.
PIA13480:
Possible Cinder Cone on the Southern Flank of Pavonis Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image, captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey on Sept. 9, 2010, shows some of the dunes of the floor of Moreux Crater.
PIA13487:
Moreux Crater Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows dunes on the floor of Herschel Crater. Steep faces ('slipfaces') are oriented downwind, in the direction of motion of the dunes. A dune-free area downwind of the crater is seen at the image center.
PIA13481:
Dunes in Herschel Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-14 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The bright features in this image captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey are the tops of clouds north of Alba Mons.
PIA13489:
Storm Clouds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-15 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows fractured mounds on the southern edge of Elysium Planitia. The fractures that crisscross their surfaces are probably composed of solidified lava.
PIA13482:
Fractured Mounds in Elysium Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-15 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the southeast flank of Olympus Mons. This huge volcano is surrounded by an escarpment, a large cliff at the volcano margin; a landslide lies alongside the escarpment.
PIA13490:
Olympus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-18 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Becquerel Crater, one of several impact craters in Arabia Terra that have light-toned layered deposits along the crater floor. The layers appear to be only a few meters thick.
PIA13483:
Lots of Layering in Becquerel Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-19 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter covers a portion of the Martian equatorial plains called Elysium Planitia. In this location, lava that was once flowing across the surface interacted with multiple obstructions.
PIA13484:
Flow Obstructions and Wakes Southeast of Elysium Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-19 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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These lava flows in Elysium Planitia captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey are called platy flows. The surface of the lava flow cooled and solidified, while liquid lava beneath kept flowing.
PIA13534:
Platy Flows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This stereo mosaic of images from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows surroundings of the rover's location following an 93.3-meter (306-foot) drive east-northeastward on Oct. 6, 2010. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA13491:
Opportunity's Eastward View After Sol 2382 Drive (Stereo)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-19 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This mosaic of images from the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a terrain that includes light-toned bedrock and darker ripples of wind-blown sand.
PIA13492:
Opportunity's Eastward View After Sol 2382 Drive
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-20 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The individual dunes in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey are moving along a hard surface in Nili Patera.
PIA13535:
Nili Patera Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows blocks of bright, layered rock embedded in darker material that are thought to have been deposited by a giant flood that occurred when Uzboi Valles breached the rim of Holden Crater.
PIA13533:
Flood-Emplaced Blocks in Holden Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This fracture system, located southwest of Elysium Mons, is called Elysium Chasma. NASA's Mars Odyssey captured this image on Sept. 15, 2010.
PIA13542:
Elysium Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-22 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the southern latitude Hale Crater, a rather large, pristine elliptical crater possessing sharp features, impact melt bodies ponded throughout the structure and few overprinting impact craters.
PIA13536:
Light-Toned Gully Materials on Hale Crater Wall
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows lava channels and collapse features on the southwestern flank of Ascraeus Mons.
PIA13541:
Ascraeus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-23 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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In this image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, there are at least two distinct geologic units, a light-toned bedrock and a surface veneer of dark-toned material that contains sand dunes.
PIA13537:
Strengths of Materials in Ganges Mensa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-25 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a Southern hemisphere crater with gullies, dunes, periglacial modification, bright rock deposits, and dust devil tracks.
PIA13538:
Southern Hemisphere Crater with Dune Field
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-25 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Small channels dissect the northwestern rim of Gale Crater in this image captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey.
PIA13545:
Gale Crater Channels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a short section of Naktong Vallis.
PIA13549:
Naktong Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-27 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The Russell Crater dune field is covered seasonally by carbon dioxide frost; this image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the dune field after the frost has sublimated. There are just a few patches left of the bright seasonal frost.
PIA13539:
Russell Crater Dunes, Defrosted
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The fracture system shown in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey is on the northern margin of the Kasei Valles lowland. Fractures like this can become chaos with continued downdropping of blocks and widening fractures.
PIA13550:
Kasei Valles Fractures
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-28 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This mosaic of images shows the soil in front of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit after a series of short backward drives during attempts to extricate the rover from a sand trap in January and early February 2010.
PIA13543:
Soil Disturbed by Spirit Drives Before Fourth Martian Winter (False Color)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-28 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This observance from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter covers a pit in the lower West flank of Arsia Mons, one of the four giant volcanos of the Tharsis region. Many layers are exposed in the pit, probably marking individual lava flows.
PIA13540:
Layers in Arsia Mons Volcano
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-29 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Dunes cover the floor of this unnamed crater in the northern lowlands in this image captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey.
PIA13552:
Northern Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-29 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The gullies on a Martian sand dune in this trio of images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter deceptively resemble features on Earth that are carved by streams of water. The dunes lie inside Matara Crater.
PIA13544:
Gully Changes on Martian Sand Dune
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-29 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Dark streaks mark the slope of this crater rim south of Tikhonravov Crater in this image captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey.
PIA13553:
Dark Slope Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-31 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This false color image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicates that the volcanic cone in the Nili Patera caldera on Mars has hydrothermal mineral deposits on the southern flanks and nearby terrains.
PIA13556:
Mars Volcanic Cone with Hydrothermal Deposits
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-01 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Chaos and small channels mark the boundary between the highlands of Terra Sabaea and the lowlands of Utopia Planitia in this image captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey.
PIA13554:
Highland Margin
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-02 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Rhabon Valles, a lava channel located between Ascraeus Mons and Uranius Mons.
PIA13555:
Rhabon Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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NASA's Mars Odyssey captured this image of Ulysses Fossae, located in the Tharsis Volcanic region. Cross cutting tectonic fractures indicate that this region underwent stresses in multiple directions.
PIA13232:
Ulysses Fossae
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