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At the Edge of the Labyrinth of Night
September 19th, 2008 | Tags: false color, Mars, Mars Recon. Orbiter | Published in Uncategorized | 3 Comments
Sent by: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter | From: Mars | Released: Sep, 2008 | Credit: NASA/JPL/UA | Image source
A close-up view into one small section of Noctis Labyrinthus, the labyrinth of night, part of the massive Valles Marineris canyon system of Mars. The area shown is only a few hundred meters across.
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September 19th, 2008at 6:46 pm(#)
What are the two smooth blue areas? Since one is translucent, I am guessing fog rather than sand…
September 20th, 2008at 12:30 pm(#)
It’s actually all sand. I can see why you’re calling it translucent, but it’s really just a dusting of sand on the rock.
September 20th, 2008at 4:48 pm(#)
Aah, it looked so much deeper than that. But I often find astronomical graphics to be optical delusions for some reason…