A Tribute To Mars Global Surveyor
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Volcanic_Regions-Rocky_Outcrops-MGS-00.JPGStreamlined Rocky Outcrops near Olympus Mons (Original NASA/MGS/MSSS b/w Frame)57 visiteCaption NASA originale:"This MGS-MOC image shows wind-eroded Outcrops overlying Lava Flow Surfaces located to the West of Olympus Mons. Outcrops with this appearance are also called Yardangs. Yardangs typically form in Sedimentary Rock or Volcanic Ash that contains some amount of Sand. The weathering of the Rock due to the Aeolian action cause the release of sand-sized particles from the Outcrops and, in time, such a form of erosion slowly shape the rock into the classic, inverted boat hull-like shapes of Yardangs".
Location near: 13,2° North Lat. and 160,1° West Long.
Image width: ~3 Km (~1,9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern Spring
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Volcanic_Regions-Rocky_Outcrops-MGS-01.jpgStreamlined Rocky Outcrops near Olympus Mons (Enhanced Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunar Explorer Italia) 237 visiteCaption NASA originale:"This MGS-MOC image shows wind-eroded "Streamlined" Rocky Outcrops overlying Lava Flow Surfaces located to the West of Olympus Mons. Outcrops with this appearance are also called Yardangs. Yardangs typically form in Sedimentary Rock or Volcanic Ash that contains some amount of Sand. The weathering of the Rock due to the Aeolian action cause the release of sand-sized particles from the Outcrops and, in time, such a form of erosion slowly shape the rock into the classic, inverted boat hull-like shapes of Yardangs".
Location near: 13,2° North Lat. and 160,1° West Long.
Image width: ~3 Km (~1,9 mi)
Illumination from: lower left
Season: Northern SpringMareKromium
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Volcanoes-Arsia_Mons-01-PIA04294.jpgArsia Mons and its "clouds" (1) - 19 June 2001, Ls 180° (Extremely Saturated Natural Colors; credits NASA/JPL/MSSS)65 visiteVariazioni e ripetitività climatiche osservate sulla Regione dove sorge il grande vulcano Arsia Mons.
Original caption:"A wide angle view taken by the Mars Orbiter Camera on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor. At intervals of approximately one Mars year apart, similar spiral dust clouds over a volcano named Arsia Mons can be seen. This image was taken on June 19, 2001, such as the first day of Southern Winter on Mars".
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Volcanoes-Arsia_Mons-02-PIA04294_fig2.jpgArsia Mons and its "clouds" (2) - 24 April 2003, Ls 173° (Extremely Saturated Natural Colors; credits NASA/JPL/MSSS)56 visiteOriginal caption:"This image was taken on April 24, 2003, such as in late Southern Autumn on Mars. These pictures prove that some parts of Mars experience weather phenomena that repeat each year, at about the same time. In some Regions, the repeated event may be a dust storm that appears every year, like clockwork, in such a way that we can only wish the weather were so predictable on Earth. One of the repeated weather phenomena occurs each year near the start of Southern Winter over Arsia Mons, which is located near 9° South Latitude, 121° West Longitude. Just before Southern Winter begins, sunlight warms the air on the slopes of the volcano. This air rises, bringing small amounts of dust with it. Eventually, the rising air converges over the volcano's caldera, the large, circular depression at its summit. The fine sediment blown up from the volcano's slopes coalesces into a spiraling cloud of dust that is thick enough to actually observe from orbit".
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Volcanoes-Arsia_Mons-03-PIA04294.jpgArsia Mons and its "clouds" (3) - 25 February 2005 (Extremely Saturated Natural Colors; credits NASA/JPL/MSSS)97 visiteOriginal caption:"The spiral dust cloud over Arsia Mons repeats each year, but observations and computer calculations indicate it can only form during a short period of time each year. Similar spiral clouds have not been seen over the other large Tharsis volcanoes, but other types of clouds have been seen. The spiral dust cloud over Arsia Mons can tower 15 to 30 Km (9 to 19 miles) above the volcano. The white and bluish areas in the images are thin clouds of water ice. In the 2005 case, more water ice was present than in the previous years at the time the pictures were obtained. For scale, the caldera of Arsia Mons is about 110 Km (about 68 miles) across, and the summit of the volcano stands about 10 Km (6 miles) above its surrounding plains"
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Volcanoes-Arsia_Mons-E05-1721_1722_arsia100.jpgArsia Mons Volcano and "spiral clouds" (Natural Colors; credits: NASA/JPL/MSSS)90 visiteCaption NASA originale:"One of the benefits of the MGS-MOC Extended Mission is the opportunity to observe how the planet's weather changes during a second full martian year. This picture of Arsia Mons was taken on June 19, 2001; Southern Spring equinox occurred the same day. Arsia Mons is a volcano nearly large enough to cover the state of New Mexico. On this particular day (the first day of Spring), the MOC wide angle cameras documented an unusual spiral-shaped cloud within the 110 Km diameter caldera - such as the summit crater - of the giant volcano. Because the cloud is bright both in the red and blue images acquired by the wide angle cameras, it probably consisted mostly of fine dust grains. The cloud's spin may have been induced by winds off the inner slopes of the volcano's caldera walls resulting from the temperature differences between the walls and the caldera floor, or by a vortex as winds blew up and over the caldera. Similar spiral clouds were seen inside the caldera for several days; we don't know if this was a single cloud that persisted throughout that time or one that regenerated each afternoon".
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Volcanoes-Arsia_Mons-PIA07298-PCF-LXTT.jpgLayering in Arsia Mons (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team) 88 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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Volcanoes-Arsia_Mons.jpgArsia Mons with Water-Ice Clouds and the shadow of Phobos (credits NASA/JPL/MSSS)95 visiteCaption originale:"This pair of MGS-MOC color images shows early Autumn Clouds over the Arsia Mons Volcano, plus the shadow of the innermost of the Martain Moon Phobos. The picture on the left is taken from the MOC daily global map acquired at 7,5 km (~4,7 mi) per pixel on 28 January 2006, about a week after the start of Southern Autumn.
The picture on the right was taken at the same time, but at a higher resolution of 489 mt (~1604 ft) per pixel.
Both pictures are composites of MOC red and blue wide angle images, and both are oriented such that North is up and East is to the right. Arsia Mons and the other large Tharsis volcanoes commonly develop afternoon orographic (i.e., topographically-controlled) water ice clouds at this time of year. The equatorial Tharsis volcano, Pavonis Mons, is also under a deck of Water-Ice Clouds; it is located toward the upper right corner of the left, lower-resolution image.
Sunlight glints off the dusty Surface and the Clouds and Aerosols in the Atmosphere, producing the bright diagonal Streak located just South/East (lower right) of Arsia Mons. A Water-Ice Haze is seen on the left side of the lower-resolution image. The dark oval to the North-East of Arsia Mons, as noted above, is the shadow of Phobos".
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Volcanoes-Ascraeus_Mons-PIA07149-PCF-LXTT-1.jpgAscraeus Mons (Absolute Natural Colors; credits for the additional process. and color.: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)260 visiteCaption NASA originale:"This red wide angle Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows Ascraeus Mons, the northernmost of the three Tharsis Montes shield volcanoes. Ascraeus Mons is about 460 Km (~286 mi) across and its summit is at an elevation of about 18 km (11 mi) above the "Martian Datum" (or Mars' Ground Zero, such as the elevation designated as 0 km). The center of the Summit Caldera is near 11° North Lat. and 104° West Long.". MareKromium
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Volcanoes-Ceraunius_Tholus-MGS.jpgCeraunius, from atop (possible Natural Colors; credits: Dr Paolo C. Fienga - Lunexit Team)70 visitenessun commentoMareKromium
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Volcanoes-Ceraunius_and_Uranius-E14-1248-1249_ceraunius50.jpgCeraunius and Uranius (Over-Saturated Natural Colors; credits: NASA/MGS/MSSS)70 visiteCaption NASA originale:"Acquired in March 2002, this Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) wide angle view shows the martian volcanoes, Ceraunius Tholus (lower) and Uranius Tholus (upper). The presence of impact craters on these volcanoes, particularly on Uranius Tholus; indicates that they are quite ancient and are not active today. The light-toned area on the southeastern face (toward lower right) of Ceraunius Tholus is a remnant of a once more extensive deposit of dust from the global dust storm events that occurred in 2001. The crater at the summit of Ceraunius Tholus is about 25 Km (15,5 mi) across. Sunlight illuminates the scene from the lower left".
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Volcanoes-Elysium_Mons.jpgElysium Mons (NASA/JPL/MSSS)64 visitenessun commento
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