Distinctive Brightness
HiRISE PICTURE OF THE DAY: 13 NOVEMBER 2021
Distinctive Brightness

A new bright deposit at the end of a gully where we didn’t find one before.



Splat!
Mars and the Earth run into debris in space regularly, and on our planet, meteors usually vaporize in the atmosphere. On Mars, not so much.

Boundary Condition Controls on the High-Sand-Flux Regions of Mars
It is often unclear where and why sediment is mobile on today’s Mars. A new paper takes a deeper look.