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Watch This Dark Volcanic Ash Creep Across the Red Planet
Mars Express images show winds are shifting volcanic ash and exposing buried ice features, researchers said.
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Watch This Dark Volcanic Ash Creep Across the Red Planet
Mars is well known as a static, frozen desert. We tend to think of the only thing changing on the surface of the Red Planet is due to the occasional dust storm. But if you look closely - and are willing to wait decades - you’ll see the planet is very much alive - at least in the environmental sense. The European Space Agency just released some spectacular new images from the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on its Mars Express Orbiter, one o…
The unusual spread of ash could be the result of Martian winds or the removal of a layer of dust that previously covered it, according to Esa.
A comparison with archives from the 1976 Viking mission confirmed a significant expansion of dark deposits over the past half-century. Although the Red Planet's landscape typically changes over millions of years, ESA's Mars Express orbiter has recorded the active spread of dark volcanic ash in a historically short timeframe—just a few decades. New images obtained by the high-resolution camera... The post "Mars Express Records Active Spread of Da…
Recent images from the European Space Agency reveal significant changes on the surface of Mars, specifically in the Utopia Planitia region. Analysis of photographs obtained by the Mars Express probe shows the movement of a layer of volcanic ash, challenging the perception that the planet is a static desert. Revealing Images from the European Space Agency The European Space Agency released impressive images captured by the High Resolution Stereo …
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