Mission to MarsWhat to look for when you get

there

A Collection of Basic Earth Analogs

Liquid Water?

What about water?• Necessary for life as we know it.• It also does the jobs of rock weathering

(breaking down/decomposition) and erosion (transports weathered grains/pebbles/boulders a distance from weathering site.

• How to look for it without having to do surface chemistry?

• That’s what this lab is all about.

Prospecting for H2O• Look for flat areas large and small.

Prospecting for H2O• Look for dried up riverbeds

Dried Riverbed

Dried Riverbed

Canyon

Buttes

Plains

Mountains

Mountains

Craters

Craters

Gullies

Volcanoes: Composite

Volcanoes: Shield

Shield Volcano

aa lava flow

Pahoehoe Lava Flow

Aeolian Features – Sand Dunes

Aeolian Features (Wind)Sand Dunes from Orbit

Aeolian: Dust Storm from Orbit

Polar Ice Cap - Antarctica

Fault Line

Fault

Fault from the ground

Sedimentary Rock Strata

Ridge

Ridges

Cirrus Clouds