Glacial, volcanic and fluvial activity on Mars
Mon Feb 28, 2005 at 10:47 UTC
Images taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, were released at the First Mars Express Science Conference last week. They show the areas of focused research - water, ice, glaciers and volcanism.
They show layers of water ice and dust for the first time in perspective view from the Martian north polar ice cap. Also at the north pole, the Mars Express spacecraft saw fields of volcanic cones. Some are up to 600 metres high. They appear to indicate very recent volcanic activity.
Images of Kasei Valles, one of the largest outflow channels on Mars, show a lot of evidence for glacial and fluvial activity over much of the planet's history.
