{"id":11138,"date":"2015-08-04T02:01:44","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T06:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11138"},"modified":"2015-08-04T02:01:44","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T06:01:44","slug":"video-touring-the-atlantis-chaos-region-of-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11138","title":{"rendered":"Video: Touring the Atlantis Chaos region of Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Take a ride over the surface of the Atlantic Chaos region of Mars via images taken from orbit by the European Space Agency&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/Our_Activities\/Space_Science\/Mars_Express\" target=\"_blank\">Mars Express<\/a> spacecraft :\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/fly-over-mars-esa-animation\" target=\"_d\">Fly Over Mars In This Breathtaking New Animation &#8211;\u00a0Popular Science<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O_b39AHRMlw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>From the ESA video caption:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Explore the Atlantis Chaos region of Mars, in the Red Planet\u2019s southern hemisphere. The video showcases a myriad of features that reflect a rich geological history. The tour takes in rugged cliffs and impact craters, alongside parts of ancient shallow, eroded basins. See smooth plains scarred with wrinkled ridges, scarps and fracture lines that point to influence from tectonic activity. Marvel at \u2018chaotic\u2019 terrain \u2013 hundreds of small peaks and flat-topped hills that are thought to result from the slow erosion of a once-continuous solid plateau. This entire region may once have played host to vast volumes of water \u2013 look out for the evidence in the form of channels carved into steep-sided walls.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Read more about this region here: [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.esa.int\/spaceinimages\/Images\/2015\/07\/Ancient_Atlantis\" target=\"_d\">Space in Images &#8211; 2015 &#8211; 07 &#8211; Ancient Atlantis<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a ride over the surface of the Atlantic Chaos region of Mars via images taken from orbit by the European Space Agency&#8217;s\u00a0Mars Express spacecraft :\u00a0Fly Over Mars In This Breathtaking New Animation &#8211;\u00a0Popular Science\u00a0&#8211; From the ESA video caption: Explore the Atlantis Chaos region of Mars, in the Red Planet\u2019s southern hemisphere. The video &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11138\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Touring the Atlantis Chaos region of Mars<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,36,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mars","category-multiple-media","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2TE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7280,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7280","url_meta":{"origin":11138,"position":0},"title":"ESA Mars Express: Views of the ancient Osuga Valles flood terrain","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The European Space Agency (ESA)\u00a0posts this article based on images from the Mars Express\u00a0orbiter: Beauty from chaos Osuga Valles 10 April 2014\u00a0Beautiful streamlined islands and narrow gorges were carved by fast-flowing water pounding through a small, plateau region near the southeastern margin of the vast Vallis Marineris canyon system. 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