As the season changes from spring to summer, the dunes surrounding the north polar cap become darker and darker as seen by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.

As the season changes from spring to summer, the dunes surrounding the north polar cap become darker and darker as seen by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
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Today's VIS image shows part of the floor of Rabe Crater. Located in Noachis Terra, Rabe Crater is 108 km (67 miles) across. Dunes cover the majority of this image of Rabe Crater. As the dunes are created by wind action the forms of the dunes record the wind direction. Dunes will have a long low angle component and a short high angle side. The steep side is called the slip face. The wind blows up the long side of the dune. In this VIS image the slip faces are illuminated more than the longer side. In this part of the crater the winds were generally moving from the lower right corner of the image towards the upper left. Craters of similar size as Rabe Crater often have flat floors. Rabe Crater has some areas of flat floor, but also has a large complex pit occupying a substantial part of the floor. The interior fill of the crater is thought to be layered sediments created by wind and or water action. The pit is eroded into this material. The eroded materials appear to have stayed within
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The large sand sheet with surface dune forms seen in this VIS image is located on the complex floor of Rabe Crater. The sand is likely derived by erosion into the deposit that fills most of the crater floor, creating a pit which hosts the dunes. This crater morphology is unique to Rabe Crater. Rabe Crater is located in Noachis Terra and is 108km in diameter (67 miles). Orbit Number 82800 Latitude -43.81 Longitude 34.5453 Instrument VIS Captured 2020-08-14 00 54
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Arsia Mons
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Terra Sabaea Channels. Today's VIS image shows multiple channel systems located in northern Terra Sabaea. Two of the channels are named Hypsas Vallis and Clanis Valles, visible in the lower half of the image. Clanis Valles is 54km long (33 miles), while Hypsas Vallis is only 33km long (20 miles). Orbit Number 93967 Latitude 33.912 Longitude 58.1199 Instrument VIS Captured 2023-02-19 13 57 https //photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA25937
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Kasei Vallis Mosaic
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One of the most active agent of erosion on Mars today is the wind. This region, near Nicholson crater, has been sculpted by untold years of blowing grit and wind, as shown in this image captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey.
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Innumerable lava flows from Arsia Mons make up the volcanic plains called Daedalia Planum as seen by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey.
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This image shows a slice of the floor of Russell Crater. Russell Crater is located in Noachis Terra. The spectacular dune ridge and other dune forms on the crater floor have caused extensive imaging. The Odyssey spacecraft has spent over 15 years in orbit around Mars, circling the planet more than 69,000 times. It holds the record for longest working spacecraft at Mars. THEMIS, the IR/VIS camera system, has collected data for the entire mission and provides images covering all seasons and lighting conditions. Over the years many features of interest have received repeated imaging, building up a suite of images covering the entire feature. From the deepest chasma to the tallest volcano, individual dunes inside craters and dune fields that encircle the north pole, channels carved by water and lava, and a variety of other feature, THEMIS has imaged them all. For the next several months the image of the day will focus on the Tharsis volcanoes, the various chasmata of Valles Marineris, and
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Tantalus Fossae. Today's VIS image shows a portion of Tantalus Fossae. The linear features are tectonic graben. Graben are formed by extension of the crust and faulting. When large amounts of pressure or tension are applied to rocks on timescales that are fast enough that the rock cannot respond by deforming, the rock breaks along faults. In the case of a graben, two parallel faults are formed by extension of the crust and the rock in between the faults drops downward into the space created by the extension. Numerous sets of graben are visible in this THEMIS image, trending from north-northeast to south-southwest. Because the faults defining the graben are formed perpendicular to the direction of the applied stress, we know that extensional forces were pulling the crust apart in the west-northwest/east-southeast direction. The large number of graben around Alba Mons is generally believed to be the result of extensional forces associated with the uplift of the volcano. Tantalus Fossae i
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Southern Spring
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a system of clouds just off the margin of the South Polar cap. Taken during the summer season, these clouds contain both water-ice and dust.
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The sinuous channel at the bottom of this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft is called Anio Valles.
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Active Processes: Bright Streaks and Dark Fans
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Arcuate Collapse
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The muted terrain of northern Acidalia Planitia, as seen in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, testifies to the fact that the region is heavily mantled with dust.
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows layering in the south polar cap.
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Marte Vallis is a lava channel. The image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows the darker lava of Marte Vallis within the brighter surrounding materials. Platy flow texture is common in Marte Vallis.
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These Mars Odyssey images show the 'White Rock' feature on Mars in both infrared (left) and visible (right) wavelengths. 'White Rock' is the unofficial name for this landform that was first observed during NASA's Mariner 9 mission in the early 1970's.
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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.
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This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows another portion of Angustus Labyrinthus near the location of yesterday's image.
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Looking at yet another portion of Utopia Planitia, NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft still find hundreds of dust devil tracks.
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