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Curiosity Reaches Massive Field of Spectacularly Rippled Active Martian Sand...
[caption id="attachment_123906" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Curiosity's View on Mars Today Curiosity explores Namib Dunes at base of Mount Sharp, for first in-place study of an active sand dune...
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Curiosity Celebrates Christmas at Red Planet Paradise at Namib Dune with 1st...
Just in time for the holidays, NASA’s Curiosity rover is celebrating Christmas 2015 at a Red Planet Paradise - spectacular “Namib Dune.” And she marked the occasion by snapping her first ever color...
View ArticleWow, Mars Sure Can Be Pretty
The HiRise camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter continues to supply stunning images of the Martian surface. The post Wow, Mars Sure Can Be Pretty appeared first on Universe Today.
View ArticleCuriosity Watches a Dust Devil Go Past
Tis a season of incredible wind driven activity on Mars like few before witnessed by our human emissaries ! Its summer on the Red Planet and the talented scientists directing NASA’s Curiosity rover...
View ArticleDifferent Conditions From Earth Drive the Movement of Sand Dunes on Mars
Mars is a sandy planet and the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has given us tons of beautiful pictures of Martian sand dunes. But Mars’ dunes are much different than dunes here...
View ArticleNothing Says Springtime on Mars Like Explosions of Sand
Springtime on Earth can be a riotous affair, as plants come back to life and creatures large and small get ready to mate. Nothing like that happens on Mars, of course. But even on a cold world like...
View ArticleDust Devils Have Left Dark Streaks All Over This Martian Crater
There may be no life on Mars, but there’s still a lot going on there. The Martian surface is home to different geological process, which overlap and even compete with each other to shape the planet....
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Frosty Sand Dunes on Mars
Sand dunes on Mars are fascinating. They shift and move in different ways than they do on Earth, and they can grow to much more immense sizes than on our own planet. Several conditions contribute to...
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Interpreting Dune Patterns: Insights from Earth and Mars
A recent study published in the journal Geology attempts to interpret the patterns of dunes, which are sand mounds frequently formed by aeolian (wind) processes and range in size from small ripples...
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