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Emily Lakdawalla

Ashwin Vasavada

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Tim Gregory

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Amy Simon

Farah Alibay

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This week Dr. Frances Butcher from the University of Sheffield  talks to us why Martian glaciers are important and how they relate to the glaciers here on Earth.  Follow us: Twitter: @earthsolarsystm / Facebook: @earthsolarsystem / Instagram: earthandsolarsystem / Blog:  earthandsolarsystem.wordpress.com

This week Dr. Frances Butcher from the University of Sheffield  talks to us why Martian glaciers are important and how they relate to the glaciers here on Earth.  Follow us: Twitter: @earthsolarsystm / Facebook: @earthsolarsystem / Instagram: earthandsolarsystem / Blog:  <a href="http://earthandsolarsystem.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">earthandsolarsystem.wordpress.com</a>

S2E26: The Glaciers of Mars (Frances Butcher)

On Earth, geologists are pretty familiar with the concept of an esker, a snake-like ridge formation left behind by a receding glacier. Across our planet they can be found in areas where glaciers once dominated the landscape. The same is true on Mars, but eskers also require a time when glaciers could melt. Frances Butcher, a PhD student from the Open University, talks with Jake about these special kinds of Martian eskers that indicate a warmer, wetter environment than we once thought. Links  Mars Timekeeping from the Planetary Society The Martian Calendar from the Planetary Society Frances’ abstract from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference HiRISE image of the esker system Frances is studying Analgyph version if you’ve got 3D glasses    Further Listening  Don’t Panic Geocast has some great episodes on eskers if you want to delve in to more of the science behind them. Episode 51 goes over them in detail.  WeMartians music is “RetroFuture” and “Electrodoodle” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

On Earth, geologists are pretty familiar with the concept of an esker, a snake-like ridge formation left behind by a receding glacier. Across our planet they can be found in areas where glaciers once dominated the landscape. The same is true on Mars, but eskers also require a time when glaciers could melt. Frances Butcher, a PhD student from the Open University, talks with Jake about these special kinds of Martian eskers that indicate a warmer, wetter environment than we once thought. Links <ul> <li><a href="http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2011/2949.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Mars Timekeeping</a> from the Planetary Society</li> <li>The <a href="http://www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/mars/mars-calendar.html" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Martian Calendar</a> from the Planetary Society</li> <li>Frances’ <a href="https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2017/pdf/1234.pdf" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">abstract</a> from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference</li> <li><a href="http://hirise-pds.lpl.arizona.edu/PDS/EXTRAS/RDR/ESP/ORB_049500_049599/ESP_049573_2265/ESP_049573_2265_RED.abrowse.jpg" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">HiRISE image</a> of the esker system Frances is studying <ul> <li><a href="http://hirise-pds.lpl.arizona.edu/PDS/EXTRAS/ANAGLYPH/ESP/ORB_049600_049699/ESP_049639_2265_ESP_049573_2265/ESP_049639_2265_ESP_049573_2265_RED.browse.png" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Analgyph version</a> if you’ve got 3D glasses</li> </ul> </li> </ul> Further Listening <ul> <li><a href="http://www.dontpanicgeocast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/cropped-logo_vector_colorized_web.png" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Don’t Panic Geocast</a> has some great <a href="http://www.dontpanicgeocast.com/?s=esker" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">episodes on eskers</a> if you want to delve in to more of the science behind them. Episode 51 goes over them in detail.</li> </ul> WeMartians music is “RetroFuture” and “Electrodoodle” by Kevin MacLeod (<a href="http://incompetech.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">incompetech.com</a>) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</a>

23 – Esker Questions (feat. Frances Butcher)