mission to mars what to look for when you get there a collection of basic earth analogs
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What about water? Necessary for life as we know it. It also does the jobs of rock weathering (breaking down/decomposition) and erosion (transports weathered grains/pebbles/boulders a distance from weathering site. How to look for it without having to do surface chemistry? That’s what this lab is all about.TRANSCRIPT
Mission to MarsWhat to look for when you get
there
A Collection of Basic Earth Analogs
Liquid Water?
What about water?• Necessary for life as we know it.• It also does the jobs of rock weathering
(breaking down/decomposition) and erosion (transports weathered grains/pebbles/boulders a distance from weathering site.
• How to look for it without having to do surface chemistry?
• That’s what this lab is all about.
Prospecting for H2O• Look for flat areas large and small.
Prospecting for H2O• Look for dried up riverbeds
Dried Riverbed
Dried Riverbed
Canyon
Buttes
Plains
Mountains
Mountains
Craters
Craters
Gullies
Volcanoes: Composite
Volcanoes: Shield
Shield Volcano
aa lava flow
Pahoehoe Lava Flow
Aeolian Features – Sand Dunes
Aeolian Features (Wind)Sand Dunes from Orbit
Aeolian: Dust Storm from Orbit
Polar Ice Cap - Antarctica
Fault Line
Fault
Fault from the ground
Sedimentary Rock Strata
Ridge
Ridges
Cirrus Clouds