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HiRISE spots "ex-thermal springs"..?
Stu
post Apr 29 2008, 02:02 PM
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Apologies if this story has already been picked up and reported by someone, and I missed it, but I don't recall reading anything about it here...

HiRISE spots possible evidence for thermal springs on Mars

I checked out the HiRISE pic in question ( PSP_002812_1855 ) and here's a couple of crops of the area in question...

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Interesting stuff... that's gotta move Vernal Crater up the list of possible landing sites for future hardware..?

A little bit more info can be found in this Q&A...


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- Stu   HiRISE spots "ex-thermal springs"..?   Apr 29 2008, 02:02 PM
- - Julius   we need a mineralogical signature to corroborate t...   Apr 29 2008, 05:37 PM
|- - JonClarke   QUOTE (Julius @ Apr 29 2008, 05:37 PM) we...   Apr 30 2008, 09:53 AM
- - nprev   Thanks, Stu; been waiting for this! Now we jus...   Apr 29 2008, 08:41 PM
- - Stu   Yeah, that would be something wouldn't it? ...   Apr 29 2008, 08:45 PM
- - IM4   More to read: ANCIENT HYDROTHERMAL SPRINGS: ...   Apr 30 2008, 07:46 PM
|- - JonClarke   QUOTE (IM4 @ Apr 30 2008, 07:46 PM) I sho...   Apr 30 2008, 10:10 PM
- - IM4   Here it is! I combined IR mosaic with HiRISE i...   May 1 2008, 11:19 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (IM4 @ May 1 2008, 12:19 PM) So act...   May 1 2008, 11:40 AM
- - remcook   Doesn't the dark color actually mean it is col...   May 1 2008, 11:27 AM
- - marsbug   If its the same image as the one in the paper link...   May 1 2008, 11:37 AM
- - nprev   The last statement in the WP article (webchat tran...   May 1 2008, 12:04 PM
- - monitorlizard   There's a detailed presentation on Vernal Crat...   May 1 2008, 12:32 PM
- - Juramike   Recent article in space.com about fossil preservat...   May 1 2008, 06:28 PM
|- - JonClarke   We should not assume that mound spring deposits on...   May 1 2008, 07:39 PM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (JonClarke @ May 1 2008, 03:39 PM) ...   May 1 2008, 09:26 PM
|- - dburt   Agree with Jon about the improbability of acid mar...   May 1 2008, 09:46 PM
- - Juramike   I poked around on the web and got myself thoroughl...   May 2 2008, 09:18 PM
|- - dburt   QUOTE (Juramike @ May 2 2008, 02:18 PM) I...   May 5 2008, 04:38 AM
|- - Shaka   QUOTE (dburt @ May 4 2008, 06:38 PM) I ho...   May 5 2008, 05:04 AM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (dburt @ May 5 2008, 12:38 AM) I ho...   May 5 2008, 12:53 PM
|- - dburt   QUOTE (Juramike @ May 5 2008, 05:53 AM) ....   May 5 2008, 11:42 PM
- - nprev   Some future relief for you, Mike. According to thi...   May 3 2008, 12:43 AM
|- - ustrax   Nick...Lewis isn't project astrobiologist...is...   May 3 2008, 01:37 PM
|- - Juramike   QUOTE (nprev @ May 2 2008, 08:43 PM) ... ...   May 3 2008, 04:43 PM
- - nprev   I stand corrected, Rui...and those are AWESOME T-s...   May 3 2008, 02:24 PM
- - Juramike   Thanks! I think I understand: A "typical...   May 6 2008, 11:59 AM
- - dburt   QUOTE (Juramike @ May 6 2008, 04:59 AM) A...   May 6 2008, 08:29 PM
- - JonClarke   QUOTE A "typical" spring on Mars should ...   May 7 2008, 12:05 PM


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