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Sep 28 2006, 02:14 AM
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APL-Built Mineral-Mapping Imager Begins Mission at Mars
JHU/APL For Immediate Release September 27, 2006 See also A.J.S. Rayl's story at TPS. EDIT: I changed the topic title because, as I understand it from the press release, the cover was opened, not jettisoned. This post has been edited by AlexBlackwell: Sep 28 2006, 04:48 PM |
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Sep 25 2007, 09:49 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
They got it - CRISM of the MGS gullies.
http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredIm...amp;image_id=95 It's looking like dust slides. Doug |
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Sep 25 2007, 10:24 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
It's looking like dust slides. Well, it was fun while it lasted. -------------------- |
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Sep 25 2007, 02:14 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 401 Joined: 5-January 07 From: Manchester England Member No.: 1563 |
Well, it was fun while it lasted. While this may be a blow to hopes of water flowing down gullies right now, the morphological evidence for formation by liquid water, in the last few million years, maybe the last few tens of thousands, is stronger than ever. Dry slides may be running down the gullies today but the evidence from HIRISE suggests very strongly that dry slides did not form them. So the party doesn't have to be over, gullies were still likely formed by liquid water on mars in the (geologically) recent past, and as Andyg points outthere are still questions about the gullies that need answering. -------------------- |
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