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This image has low-sun lighting that accentuates the many transverse ridges on this slope, extending from Euripus Mons (mountains).
These flow-like structures were previously called "lobate debris aprons," but the Shallow Radar (SHARAD) instrument on MRO has shown that they are actually debris-covered flows of ice, or glaciers. There is no evidence for present-day flow of these glaciers, so they appear to be remnants of past climates.
The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colo. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.
Name | Value | Additional Values |
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Target | Mars | |
System | ||
Target Type | Planet | |
Mission | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) | |
Instrument Host | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter | |
Host Type | Orbiter | |
Instrument | High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) | |
Detector | ||
Extra Keywords | Color, Map, Mountain, Radar | |
Acquisition Date | ||
Release Date | 2016-07-15 | |
Date in Caption | ||
Image Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona | |
Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20745 | |
Identifier | PIA20745 |