Archives for the 'Mars' Category
Avalanche on Mars!
Published on 11 Mar 2008 at 3:00 pm.
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Filed under Astronomy, Exploration, Mars, Space.
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured for the first time ever an avalanche in progress on another world!
These images were taken with the Hi Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) flying on the MRO. This image was taken at 34° latitude and 235.8° longitude, which is in Mars’ north polar region. The geology of this region is that [...]
Large Asteriod May Collide with Mars
Published on 28 Dec 2007 at 11:37 pm.
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Filed under Astronomy, Mars, Research, Space.
There is now a 4 percent chance that the large asteriod 2007 WD5 may collide with the planet Mars in January 2008. While there is a 96% chance that the asteriod will miss, these odds are much larger than usual for large asteriod impacts. If the impact is to occur, it will be on 2008 [...]
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Martian Spiders, Lizard Skin and Lacework
Published on 15 Dec 2007 at 3:13 am.
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Filed under Astronomy, Exploration, Mars, Space.
While much of Mars looks like the deserts of Utah, the Martian South Polar regions have revealed some surprising geology unlike anything we have here on Earth.
At the 2007 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco, Chris Okubo, Candace Hansen, and Timothy Titus who work with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s High Resolution Imaging Camera [...]
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Rotating Mars Animation
Published on 28 Aug 2007 at 5:58 pm.
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Filed under Astronomy, Fun, Mars, Space.
I had been playing with Celestia, and I used it to generate a set of images of Mars as it rotates on its axis. I then was able to paste these together in Adobe ImageReady to create a rotating Mars gif animation.
Feel free to copy it and enjoy!
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY
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Mars Rovers at Risk!
Published on 26 Jul 2007 at 12:03 am.
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Filed under Astronomy, Exploration, Mars, Robotics, Space.
A global dust storm has developed on Mars enveloping the red planet in a shroud of red dust. At times up to 99% of the sunlight is blocked out, and NASA scientists fear that the rover’s batteries will not last until the storm subsides. The Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have been actively exploring Mars [...]
