Planetary Geomorpho

Sharing the Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month blog from the @IAGAIG Planetary Geomorphology working group. Curated by @fegbutcher

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The first @IAGAIG Planetary Image of the Month of 2025 is now available!📸 Dr. Oliver White 👨‍🚀 @SETIInstitute takes us on a field trip to the moons of Jupiter to show us the diversity in impact features that exist on their surfaces🌑🌕 https://t.co/60qFOOCgiJ

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The @IAGAIG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month📸for November is now available! @Simonaruso
from @WesternU compares subglacial meltwater channels on #Earth and #Mars 🧊👩‍🚀🥾 https://t.co/z7SLN1Th7A

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The @IAGAIG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month📸for October is now available! Dr. Adomas Valentinas from @Brown_DEEPS @BrownUniversity shows us their discovery of water frost on volcanic terrains on #Mars, including #OlymposMons 🌋❄️👨‍🚀 #CaSSIS https://t.co/LYh4k9rdnc

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The @IAGAIG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month📸for September is now available! Dr. Mallory J. Kinczyk @mjkinczyk at @JHUAPL takes us to #Enceladus, one of #Saturn's moon, to explore its heavily cratered terrains ☄️🌕🪐
https://t.co/oTRTZYE2tk

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With CO2-driven debris flows in the lab @AarhusUni and @OU_HVI_SPE_LABS and global trends in the Martian gully population!

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The @IAGAIG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month📸for August is now available! Axel Noblet @WesternU and @RoelofsLonneke from @UniUtrecht teamed up to explain their ongoing research on #Martian gullies. Shedding light on the H2O vs CO2 debate 🥊🫧☁️🧊https://t.co/Xjb0cbmZG6

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Forgot to tag @Mars_Polar himself!

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The @IAGAIG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month📸 for July is now available! Dr. Isaac Smith @LassondeSchool explains to us the different hypotheses on the 'undetectable' flow of the #Martian polar caps! 🟠🧊🧐https://t.co/gVhJFe0KuM

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The @IAGAIG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month📸 for June is now available! Dr. Robert Barnes @imperialcollege shows us the (stratigraphic) view from the apex of the #Jezero western fan on #Mars! 👁️🪭👨‍🚀 https://t.co/K8bfYsdniD

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The @IAGAIG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month📸 for May is now available! Dr. Antoine Lucas @IPGP_officiel, shows us how dust avalanches on Mars are triggered by marsquakes! 🫨 https://t.co/n52ZLpiK2O

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The @IAGAIG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month📸 for April is now available! Noé Le Becq, PhD candidate @LPG_Lab, shows us the effects of ice on the degradation of craters☄️on Ceres🌑 https://t.co/fuNjjdFqVX

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The @IAGAIG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month📸for March is now available! Dr. Eleni Bohacek @esa takes us to the strange world of Titan, Saturn's largest moon 🪐🌕, where fluvial and aeolian processes interact to form intriguing landscapes. https://t.co/hKU5Z8nHjL

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The @IAGAIG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month📸for February is now available! Dr. @Joseph_McNeil takes us to Chryse Planitia on Mars, where special mounds reveal some of the planet's geologic history 🏔️🪐https://t.co/QJNmYIug4j

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The first @IAGAIG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month📸 for the year 2024 is now available! To start the new year with some planetary🎆, Dr. Eng. Bartosz Pieterek, shows us strange-looking newly discovered volcanoes on Mars🌋 https://t.co/4rPHGOIEsl

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The @IAGAIG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month📸for December is now available! This month, Ben Man @AstroBenjamin, shows us how widespread recent tectonism is on Mercury. With many beautiful grabens as examples! 🛰️😍
https://t.co/cjCTDuooyj

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The @IAGAIG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month📸for November is now available! This month, Dr. Giulia Magnarini @Magna_Giulia takes us to the landing site of Apollo 17 on the Moon and shows that this area experienced 'recent' tectonism! 🌖👩‍🚀 https://t.co/iqKyEz9YIx

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The @IAGAIG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month📸for October is now available! This month, Dr. Robert Herrick @robertrherrick shows us evidence that #Venus is volcanically active🌋🛰️ #volcano #Magellanmission https://t.co/IX5ZfNREda

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The @IAGAIG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month for September is now available! This month, Dr. David A. Vaz explains that the size of aeolian ripples on Mars depends on the density of the atmosphere. 📸@HiRISE #Mars #aeolian
https://t.co/YXcWgffNBY

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The @IAGAIG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month for July is now available! This month, Dr Mafalda Ianiri explores the geologic and tectonic history of the Anshar Sulcus region on Ganymede: https://t.co/ARjSLk2bgX

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The @IAGAIG Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month for July is now available! This month, Dr Lisanne Braat (@LisanneBraat) explores the effect of gravity on river deltas: https://t.co/aZxMLaFX5J