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Mars Express untersucht ungewöhnliche Ablagerungen auf dem Roten Planeten
 
1 November 2007

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The images show the topographic divide between the Martian highlands and lowlands. The mysterious deposits of the Medusae Fossae Formation are found in the lowlands along the divide. The radar sounder on ESA's Mars Express orbiter, MARSIS, has revealed echoes, in the image to the right, from the lowland plains buried by these mysterious deposits.

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MARSIS composite left, MARSIS composite right

Credits: ESA/ASI/NASA/Univ. of Rome/JPL/Smithsonian

 
 
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The radargram in the upper panel of this image composite shows the subsurface of a unit of the Medusae Fossae Formation. The Medusae Fossae are mysterious deposits that form hills in the northern lowlands of Mars as seen in the bottom image. The top image is a time delay rendering of the radar waves emitted by Mars Express' MARSIS sounder showing subsurface echoes reflected back to the spacecraft.

These echoes from the subsurface are correlated with the projection of the lowland plains beneath the Medusae Fossae Formation deposits. The electrical properties inferred from the data suggest these deposits may be ice-rich.

Credits: ESA/ASI/NASA/Univ. of Rome/JPL/Smithsonian

 
 
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