http://crism.jhuapl.edu/APL brings you the latest featured images from CRISM.en-usCopyright 2007 JHUAPLAlysen.Regiec@jhuapl.edu http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=142 Olivine, Phyllosilicates, and Ancient Crater Rims: Phyllosilicates imaged along weathered crater rims suggests a possible origin for this clay-rich family of minerals. Latitude: 19.33N Longitude: 73.98E 2008-06-30 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=139 Water Past and Present: The shifting sands of the North Polar region of Mars hold hydrated sulfates and persistent water ice, providing a view of Mars' wet past and frozen present. Latitude: 81.60N Longitude: 188.90E 2008-06-27 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=140 Oudemans Crater: This complex crater's central peak reveals an olivine-rich unit buried beneath pyroxene-rich deposits. Latitude: 9.75S Longitude: 268.51E 2008-06-24 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=138 Gypsum Dunes North of Phoenix Landing Site: Dunes of gypsum similar to those found in White Sands, New Mexico, stretch across Olympia Undae to the north of the Phoenix landing site. Latitude: 80.03N Longitude: 245.35E 2008-05-30 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=137 An Olivine-Rich Crater in Tyrrhena Terra: A small crater has excavated olivine-rich rock in the southern highlands of Mars. Latitude: 12.98S Longitude: 66.93E 2008-05-20 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=136 Mawrth Vallis Phyllosilicates: Exposures of iron- and aluminum-rich clays abound in Mawrth Vallis. Latitude: 25.40N Longitude: 340.70E 2008-05-15 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=135 The Minerals of Aureum Chaos: A plateau of layered sediments in Aureum Chaos holds polyhydrated sulfates, while deeper exposed layers surrounding the plateau hold monoyhdrated sulfates and pyroxene. Latitude: 3.66S Longitude: 333.50E 2008-05-09 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=134 The Minerals of Candor Chasma: Sulfate- and pyroxene-rich rocks make up the interior of the Candor Chasma part of Valles Marineris Latitude: 6.67S Longitude: 284.23E 2008-04-29 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=133 Sulfates in Coprates Chasma: A complex pattern of sulfate deposits in Corprates Chasma offers clues to Mars' wet past. Latitude: 10.23S Longitude: 291.18E 2008-04-03 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=129 Complex Nili Fossae: Olivine-rich sands deposited on ferromagnesian-rich phyllosilicates reveal Nili Fossae's weathered past. Latitude: 20.50N Longitude: 78.50E 2008-04-01 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=131 Livonia, New York Students Study Past Martian Water: High school students study altered rock from an ancient wet environment, excavated by a crater in the ancient Martian highlands. Latitude: 4.85S Longitude: 104.16E 2008-03-28 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=130 Durham, North Carolina Students Study Martian Volcanism: North Carolina students study the history of Mars' ancient southern highlands. Latitude: 17.30S Longitude: 95.50E 2008-03-25 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=128 Hydrated Deposits in Aurorae Chaos: Monohydrated sulfate drapes an erosion-resistant knob in Aurorae Chaos. Latitude: 7.50S Longitude: 327.25E 2008-03-18 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=127 Sulfates in Tithonium Chasma: Mono- and polyhydrated sulfates span a ridge of resistant material in Tithonium Chasma's interior. Latitude: 5.22S Longitude: 270.28E 2008-03-06 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=124 CRISM Images White Rock: CRISM points its cameras toward Pollack Crater's White Rock to better define this enigmatic feature's composition. Latitude: 8.00S Longitude: 25.00E 2008-03-01 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=123 Hydrated Sulfates in Aureum Chaos: Mono- and polyhydrated sulfates are revealed along the flanks of rounded hills or knobs in Aureum Chaos. Latitude: 3.61S Longitude: 333.73E 2008-02-14 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=122 Layered deposits in Tithonium Chasma: A variety of compositions are found within the interior layered deposits of Tithonium Chasma. Latitude: 5.00S Longitude: 270.30E 2008-02-05 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=118 Extended view of Candor Chasma: Wind eroded ridges in layered deposits in Candor Chasma reveal sulfate-rich mineral deposits. Latitude: 8.00S Longitude: 295.00E 2008-01-04 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=117 Alteration of the Crust Beneath a Highland Crater: CRISM images of a spur in Capri Chasma reveal layers enriched in phyllosilicates and olivine, within the predominantly basaltic wall rock. Latitude: 12.03S Longitude: 312.04E 2007-12-21 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=105 CRISM's Global Mapping of Mars, Part 3: After a year in Mars orbit, CRISM has taken enough images to allow the mission team to release the first parts of a global spectral map of Mars to the Planetary Data System (PDS), NASA's digital library of planetary data. Latitude: 15.00S Longitude: 98.00E 2007-12-12 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=107 Carbon-Dioxide Frost Settling from Seasonal Outbursts on Mars (Movie): A time series of CRISM images shows un-Earthly processes that occur in Mars' south polar seasonal frost cap. Latitude: 86.30S Longitude: 99.00E 2007-12-11 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=104 CRISM's Global Mapping of Mars, Part 2: After a year in Mars orbit, CRISM has taken enough images that the first parts of a global spectral map of Mars are now being released to the Planetary Data System (PDS), NASA's digital library of planetary data. Latitude: 15.00S Longitude: 98.00E 2007-12-10 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=103 CRISM's Global Mapping of Mars, Part 1: After a year in Mars orbit, CRISM has taken enough images to allow the mission team to release the first parts of a global spectral map of Mars to the Planetary Data System (PDS), NASA's digital library of planetary data. Latitude: 15.00S Longitude: 98.00E 2007-12-07 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=102 CRISM Views Phobos and Deimos: First-of-a-kind spectral images of Mars' two moons reveal thair dark, reddish primitive surfaces. Latitude: 0.00N Longitude: 0.00E 2007-11-27 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=96 The Layer Cake Walls of Valles Marineris: CRISM images of the walls of Valles Marineris reveal layering of different rock types, and deeply buried evidence for ancient liquid water Latitude: 13.99S Longitude: 303.09E 2007-10-05 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=95 Mars Gully: No Mineral Trace of Liquid Water: CRISM measurements of a young, bright deposit in a gully show no evidence for recent flow of liquid water. Latitude: 38.41S Longitude: 96.81E 2007-09-22 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=93 Nili Fossae in Natural Color and Across the Spectrum: In natural color a key candidate landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory appears a bland butterscotch, but at infrared wavelengths its mineral exposures reveal a past wet environment. Latitude: 21.15N Longitude: 74.24E 2007-09-11 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=91 CRISM Multispectral Map of Eastern Candor Chasma: CRISM's global map is beginning to fill in, and it shows fantastic details in the layered deposits of eastern Candor Chasma. Latitude: 7.00S Longitude: 293.00E 2007-06-11 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=90 Phyllosilicate and Olivine around a Fracture in Nili Fossae: CRISM images complex mineralogy on the eroded rim of an ancient impact basin. Latitude: 21.90N Longitude: 78.20E 2007-05-18 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=89 Defrosting of Russell Crater Dunes: CRISM watches carbon dioxide frost retreat from the surface of a giant dune field on Mars. Latitude: 54.88S Longitude: 12.92E 2007-03-27 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=88 South Polar Cryptic Terrain in Early Spring: CRISM measures the composition of strange polar landforms unlike anything on Earth. Latitude: 77.55S Longitude: 131.98E 2007-03-16 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=87 A Cold Day in Richardson Crater: Frost is beginning to sublimate from sand dunes in Richardson Crater Latitude: 72.00S Longitude: 179.40E 2007-02-27 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=86 Olivine in Isidis: The mineral olivine is exposed in the in southern rim of the Isidis BHasin. Latitude: 3.60N Longitude: 84.12E 2007-02-23 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=84 Dune Field in Nili Pateria: CRISM observes how winds shape Martian dunes in a volanic caldera. Latitude: 8.80N Longitude: 67.30E 2007-02-21 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=83 A Change in the Weather: Water ice clouds are forming over high northern latitudes as autumn approaches. Latitude: 71.00N Longitude: 252.80E 2007-02-15 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=82 A Fresh Crater Drills to Tharsis Bedrock: A very recent impact crater provides a window for CRISM to measure bedrock underlying the dust-covered Tharsis plateau. Latitude: 17.00N Longitude: 246.40E 2007-02-13 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=50 Seasonal Frost in Terra Sirenum: CRISM examines a frosty crater in the midst of Martian southern winter. Latitude: 38.90S Longitude: 195.90E 2006-12-22 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=44 Past Wet Places on Mars: New CRISM images offer peek at ancient Martian climates. Latitude: 80.00N Longitude: 240.70E 2006-12-13 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=43 Past Wet Places on Mars: New CRISM images offer peek at ancient Martian climates. Latitude: 20.40N Longitude: 78.50E 2006-12-13 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=45 Mawrth Vallis: Latitude: 25.40N Longitude: 340.70E 2006-10-16 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=46 Chasma Boreale in the North Polar Region: Latitude: 84.60N Longitude: 3.60E 2006-10-16 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=47 CRISM's First 'Targeted' Observation of Mars: Latitude: 7.70S Longitude: 270.50E 2006-10-04 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=48 CRISM Begins its Global Map of Mars: Latitude: 81.46N Longitude: 135.39E 2006-09-29 http://crism.jhuapl.edu/gallery/featuredImage/image.php?image_id=49 How CRISM Sees: Latitude: 0.00N Longitude: 0.00E 2006-08-23