Quarks to Quasars

Patterns of Mars

1. Ripples
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera, known as HiRISE, has yielded numerous never-before-seen images of the Red Planet, like this shot of an area west of the Nili Fossae trough that is one of the proposed landing sites for the Mars Science Laboratory. The blue streaky areas are sand desposits created by wind activity.

2. Iris
A fresh two-kilometer diameter crater lies on the floor of Pasteur Crater. The colors in many of these photographs have been enhanced by the HiRISE’s software.

3. Fractured Hills
Mounds appear to rise from the bottom of impact craters. They could have been produced by ground ice upheaval or erosion of the planet’s mantling layer.
4. Crater Wall
Layers of rock are exposed along the wall of a crater located in a region known as Chryse Planitia.


(Source: TIME)

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Posted on Wednesday, 21 March
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