{ "title": "Rough Surfaces in Deuteronilus Mensae", "authors": "HiRISE", "metadata": { "thumbnailURL": "https://static.uahirise.org/anews/2020-09-16/ESP_025174_2245.jpg", "excerpt": "The objective of this observation is to examine what may be formerly ice-rich terrain that has lost ice to the atmosphere." }, "version": "1.5", "identifier": "ESP_025174_2245", "language": "en", "layout": { "columns": 10, "width": 1024, "margin": 85, "gutter": 20 }, "documentStyle": { "backgroundColor": "#faf7f2" }, "components": [ { "role": "heading1", "layout": "heading1Layout", "text": "HiPOD: 16 September 2020" }, { "role": "divider", "layout": "bigDividerLayout", "stroke": { "width": 3, "color": "#8c2028" } }, { "role": "title", "layout": "halfMarginBelowLayout", "text": "Rough Surfaces in Deuteronilus Mensae" }, { "role": "photo", "layout": "fullBleedLayout", "caption": "This image may show a transition from ice-rich to ice-poor terrain. Less than 1 km across. (NASA/JPL/UArizona)", "URL": "https://static.uahirise.org/anews/2020-09-16/ESP_025174_2245.jpg" }, { "role": "body", "format": "html", "layout": "hipodMarginLayout", "text": "
The objective of this observation is to examine what may be formerly ice-rich terrain that has lost ice to the atmosphere.
Research with the Shallow Radar instrument (SHARAD) onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has found that many areas in Deuteronilus Mensae are glaciers with a thin layer of debris on top of them. This image may show a transition from ice-rich to ice-poor terrain.
Removal of buried ice can cause collapse and may be responsible for the strange appearance of this terrain. Understanding the origin of features in this image tells us something about when buried ice was stable or unstable and therefore helps us figure out how the climate of Mars has changed.
ID: ESP_025174_2245
date: 10 December 2011
altitude: 303 km
NASA/JPL/UArizona