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8 years 9 months ago - 8 years 9 months ago #2119 by Dawn

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Sorry guys, I just couldn't resist the title! In this HiRISE image, the image was very dark, so these bright spots stuck right out. I zoomed as much as I could without significant pixelation, hiked the brightness and contrast, and sharpened it a bit. The "ejecta" around these holes is much, much brighter than anything else in the image. What do you guys think?

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hirise-pds.lpl.arizona.edu/PDS/EXTRAS/RDR/ESP/ORB_041200_041299/ESP_041208_1755/ESP_041208_1755_RGB.NOMAP.browse.jpg

It's labeled "Candidate New Impact Site"

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8 years 9 months ago #2124 by Todd

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Do you have a link to the original HiRISE image?

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8 years 9 months ago #2136 by Dawn

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I haven't mastered this image program yet, so the enhanced photo came out the wrong size! It's hard to even see the bright spots on the enhanced version--maybe you can play with the original and see what you can spot? Thanks Todd!

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8 years 9 months ago - 8 years 9 months ago #2139 by Todd

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The origin of the spots on Ceres I don't believe are impact related as they are here on Mars in the MRO HiRISE image , but their significance may be equally important. The bright material could belong to the actual impact object itself. A simple way to let someone know you're there, create a reflector. Nice find.

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8 years 9 months ago #2150 by Todd

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Let me clarify a little, the reflector theory is certainly an outside chance, but I do believe it could be a remote possibility. What is more likely is that the impact event turned up visually reflective hydrated silicate minerals just under the surface. So this event points more to a watery past. In other words, the collision likely exposed Martian mica.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2009JE003339/pdf

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8 years 9 months ago #2159 by Dawn

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Funny you should say that....I thought about that some more after I posted it, and thought maybe something impacted a shallowly-buried glacier-like formation, but your explanation makes a lot of sense. Either way, Mars does seem to have/had plenty of water! Yay!

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