Touring a Dusty Region
HiRISE PICTURE OF THE DAY: 21 MAY 2022
Touring a Dusty Region

As well as confirming a new impact, this image also showed other features commonly found in dusty areas: slope streaks and bed-forms.



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.