Examples of this explosive phenomena on Mars include Ascraeus Mons & Pavonis Mons
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Arsia Mons - Wikipedia  Arsia Mons is the southernmost of three volcanos on the Tharsis bulge near the equator of the planet Mars. To its north is Pavonis Mons, and north of that is Ascraeus Mons. ... phenomenon occurs each year near the start of southern winter over Arsia .... NASA/Ames Mars Atlas: Feature entry for Arsia Mons  A Hole in Mars...
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Mars&colon; Review and Analysis of Volcanic Eruption Theory and ...  For example, the effects of gravity and cooling should cause ... by multiple shallow explosive volcanic eruptions. Megaregolith: a thick outer .... Tharsis Montes include Arsia, Pavonis, and Ascraeus. ...... Mons, one of the large lava shields and edifices in the Tharsis region. ..... This secondary cooling phenomenon could mean.
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Pavonis Mons - Wikipedia  Pavonis Mons (Latin for "peacock mountain") is a large shield volcano located in the Tharsis ... Evidence for this includes concentric ridges (moraines "dropped" by glaciers), ... The ice could have been deposited when the tilt of Mars changed the climate, ... The other Tharsis volcanoes are Ascraeus Mons and Arsia Mons.
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Martian Volcanoes - Views of the Solar System  The three volcanoes include Hecates Tholus, Elysium Mons and Albor ... It exhibits explosive eruption characteristics and probably consists of ash ... This set of images was chosen to show some of the best examples of volcanic landforms on Mars. ... They are named Ascraeus Mons (top right), Pavonis Mons (middle) and...
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Atlas of Volcanic Landforms on Mars - USGS Publications Warehouse  Olympus Mons, largest known volcano in the Solar System, is about 26 km ... Atlas of volcanic landforms on Mars / by Carroll Ann Hodges and Henry J. ..... hosts an astonishing array of volcanic phenomena .... as volcanic and to present examples of the more enig- .... Ascraeus Mons lava fans; Pa, Pavonis Mons east lava.
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Mars surface color - Wikipedia  The Mars surface colour looks reddish from a distance because of rusty dust kicked up in the ... Its color may have also contributed to a malignant association in Indian astrology, as it ... Martian dust is reddish mostly due the spectral properties of nanophase ferric oxides (npOx) that tend to dominate in the visible spectrum.
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The World(s) of Parroom Station: General History  When the first Martian Invasion wave, sent in 1879 against Britain, failed, there was not ... Some looked at how the Invaders had succumbed to the humblest earthly bacterium and saw their destruction ... boasts more material for study than any other nation, but British industry, ... Smoke and Heat Ray, thirst and a burning sun.
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Mars Losing Gas to Solar Wind - Sky & Telescope  Nov 9, 2015 ... The atmosphere leaves three ways: as a plume, a windsock, and a ... at a high rate, driven off by the planet's interaction with the solar wind. ... This past March, the Sun unleashed a huge bubble of plasma called a ... RELATED POSTS ... Earth's magnetic field helps protect its atmosphere, and Mars lack of...
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Volcanoes on Mars  Clear Sight  Jul 12, 2014 ... Olympus Mons is the Solar System's tallest known volcano. The Tharsis Rise ... volcanoes. (Montes is the pleural of mons, Latin for mountain.).
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Previous Issue - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory - U.S. Geological ...  Aug 18, 2016 ... August 6 explosive event at Klauea Volcano's summit just one ... of Overlook crater, which contains Klauea Volcano's summit lava lake, triggered an explosive event that deposited spatter (molten lava) and ... shapes are formed by thousands of gas bubbles bursting in the lake. ... Mauna Loa is not erupting.
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Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 - Wikipedia  The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD was one of the most catastrophic volcanic eruptions .... Two pyroclastic flows engulfed Pompeii, burning and asphyxiating the ... which they attributed to interaction of the surge with the "fabric" of the city. ... containing clastic fragments of up to 3 centimetres (1 in) fell for several hours.
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NOVA | Mars | Mars From Afar | PBS  These spacecraft have provided a steady stream of breathtaking images of the ... All told, Mars is about 4,200 miles in diameter, a little over half as big across as the Earth. ... 1 on June 22, 1978, shows Olympus Mons, the highest known volcano in the ... To the right (east) are two channels that once likely drained the vent.
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HVO Photos & Video - Hawaiian Volcano Observatory - U.S. ...  Following today's explosion, spatter (bit of molten lava) and fragments of solid ... On Saturday, October 15, Klauea Volcano's summit lava lake overflowed the vent rim ... (shiny black lava) on the east (far left) and west (right) sides of the vent rim. .... The view is towards the northwest, with the broad summit of Mauna Loa near...
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Space Today Online - What We Know About Mars - Dust Storms  Hubble Space Telescope recorded the biggest dust storm seen in several decades ... Typical dust storms are kicked up in one of the lowest areas on the Martian surface ... It was the most intense ever seen on the Red Planet, engulfing the entire ... watched by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft in orbit above the planet.
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Olympus Mons, Mars. 342 miles wide at it's base and ... - Pinterest  Mars' Olympus Mons volcano is 26 km high (3x the height of Mt. Everest) and ... Martian volcano Olympus Mons towers over Mars at 3 times the height of Mt. ... Olympus Mons rises 16 miles above the Martian surface, making it the solar .... Earth, Planet Earth, The Earth, 1 Distance, Record Distance, Famous Pale, Small God...
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Very high silicon content surprises Mars researchers  Niels Bohr ...  Dec 17, 2015 ... New results from the Mars rover Curosity show that some rocks in Gale Crater ... The Danish Mars Group at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen participates in NASA's Mars mission, Mars ... on the surface at a certain place called Elk. Jens Frydenvang reported that in ... skaarup@nbi.dk.
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Glossary of geologic terms | Planetary Science Institute  Caldera -- A large basin-shaped volcanic depression, more or less circular, the diameter of ... Cavity -- A solutional hollow, often found in a limestone cave or in cavernous lava. ... Fine-grained -- Said of a sedimentary rock, and of its texture, in which the .... to have been formed by shock waves generated by meteorite impact.
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Catastrophism - Free Republic  Apr 2, 2006 ... Enormous volcanic eruptions would fill the atmosphere with ... Part of this complexity could be accounted for if the source of the field lay much ..... This would also explain why our planet has so few impact crater remnants. ...... a huge volcanic eruption on the Greek island of Santorini in the 16th century BC.
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Deadly volcanoes that could erupt soon - Business Insider  Jun 17, 2015 ... These volcanoes have a history of large, destructive eruptions and are close ... Colima volcano, shown in this image captured by one of NASA's Earth ... Mount Merapi, whose name in Indonesian means "fire mountain," is an...
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Chapter 3 Cones, Eruptions, and Pyroclasts - Volcano World  When volcanoes do produce lava flows they are classified as either Pahoehoe or Aa. .... Notice how, as the eruptions become more violent, the cone shapes become ... Cinder cones get their name from the material that forms them, cinders. ... Plinian eruptions were named for Pliny the Elder of Rome who died in one of the...
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HYPERGOLIC PROPELLANTS - NASA Technical Reports Server ...  NASA Mishap  An unplanned event that results in at least one of the .... thus increasing the reaction rate; this is also known as a thermal runaway .... that hypergols are storable and stable (as long as they are contained .... capsule's descent. ... The capsule was then reoriented upright and Stafford opened the vent valve,...