Showing posts with label Mars impact craters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mars impact craters. Show all posts

09 November 2009

Meteor/Meteorite News- Martian Landscapes 9NOV09

Martian landscapes

Boston Globe- boston.com 6NOV09

Since 2006, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been orbiting Mars, currently circling approximately 300 km (187 mi) above the Martian surface. On board the MRO is HiRISE, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera, which has been photographing ... (more text and 35 excellent images of Martian landscape !!!)

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/11/martian_landscapes.html

24 August 2009

Impact News- Martian Impact Skid Mark Images 24AUG09

Slope Streaks on Mars - Featured images for August 2009

Whole story with images:
http://www.psi.edu/pgwg/images/aug09image.html


"Several of the streaks are triggered by impact craters
that have dark ejecta."

"Other interesting observations include triggering of
slope streaks by an impact crater, blast from an impact
explosion, or boulders rolling or bouncing downslope,
and formation of long linear ridges within the streak
that are parallel to its margins."

Source: Paul H., Baton Rouge, LA, USA