Showing posts with label Ice sublimation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ice sublimation. Show all posts

Mars Photo of the Day - May 29 2012

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Today's Image of Mars shows craters that have expanded due to the high impact temperatures sublimating the surrounding icy terrain. A...

Mars Photo of the Day - Mar 29 2012

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Today's Image of Mars shows the North Polar Region in late spring , as taken by HiRISE . Earlier in the year the ground was covered in...

Mars Photo of the Day - Feb 24 2012

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Today's Image of Mars shows scallops (pits open on one side) and boulders in Utopia Planitia . The 3D high resolution anaglyph  shows ...

Mars Photo of the Day - Feb 23 2012

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Today's Image of Mars shows some defrosting barchan dunes in the North Polar Region of Mars . Dunes like these are useful in determin...

Mars Photo of the Day - Jan 28 2012

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Today's Image of Mars is shows  Dodo-Goldilocks , a 22x35cm trench dug by the Mars Phoenix Lander, which, at its deepest reaches a dep...

Mars Photo of the Day - Jan 11 2012

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Today's Image of Mars shows the Martian equivalent of terrestrial barchan dunes, which are usually crescent shaped and formed by winds...

Mars Photo of the Day - Dec 30 2011

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Today's Image of Mars show the South polar cap in early Spring as taken in May 2005. This image is a mosaic of images taken by the Mar...

Mars Photo of the Day - Dec 25 2011

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Today's Image of Mars shows 'swiss cheese' terrain in the South Polar residual caps on Mars. Just like on Earth, Mars has wa...