The ExoMars mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and Russian space agency Roskosmos is looking for methane, but it’s also taking some incredible images.
I write about science and nature, stargazing and eclipses.This remarkable ‘Dust devil frenzy’ image was taken in the Terra Sabaea region of Mars, west of Augakuh Vallis. This mysterious pattern sits on the crest of a ridge and is thought to be the result of dust devil activity – essentially the convergence of hundreds or maybe even thousands of smaller Martian tornadoes.Here’s Mars like you've never seen it before.
InSight is shown here as a slightly brighter dot in the center of the dark patch produced when the lander fired its retro rockets, just before touchdown in the Elysium Planitia region of Mars, and disturbed the surface dust. The heat shield released just before landing can also be seen on the edge of a crater, and the backshell used to protect the lander during descent is also identified.
This ‘Salty sulphates’ image covers a portion of the wall-terrace region of the 100 km-wide Columbus Crater located within Terra Sirenum in the southern hemisphere of Mars. The image was taken on 15 January 2019.The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter is actually only one part of a much bigger mission. Another part of ExoMars is a platform on the surface of Mars that will see a six-wheeled surface rover drill for rock samples. It will also have a panoramic camera and a close-up camera.
‘South polar layered terrains’ shows the edge of a layered mound in Burroughs crater on Mars. It is located about 200 km to the northwest of the northernmost edge of the planet’s south polar ice cap.Yes. It’s monitoring the surface of Mars around InSight, and will help search for impact sites is InSight detects any meteorite impacts during its mission.
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