Articles | Volume 11, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-149-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-11-149-2023
Research article
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06 Mar 2023
Research article |  | 06 Mar 2023

Exploring the transition between water- and wind-dominated landscapes in Deep Springs, California, as an analog for transitioning landscapes on Mars

Taylor Dorn and Mackenzie Day

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GALE-Lab/Deep_Springs_Weather: DeepSpringsWeather (DeepSprings) D. Taylor https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7693422

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Planetary surfaces are shaped by both wind and water, and their resulting surface features are commonly observed by aerial images. Deep Springs playa, CA, provides a comparable wet-to-dry-transitioning landscape as experienced in Mars' past. Our results, made through collected weather data and drone footage, show that some features, when observed solely by aerial imagery, might be interpreted as being formed by wind when in fact other processes were more influential in their formation.