# @nauflagstaff on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2022-06-28T21:55:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Northern Arizona University (@nauflagstaff) — https://gondola.cc/nauflagstaff

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#TravelTuesday, Mars Research edition ⁠
📍 Iceland ⁠
"Recon day. Behold, eskers!" ( 📷: heleneifert )⁠
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👩‍🏫 Professors Alicia Rutledge & Christopher Edwards + Graduate Students Helen Eifert & Ari Koeppel of NAU’s Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science carried out NASA-sponsored planetary analog research in Iceland⁠
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➡️ 🪨They investigated the properties of landforms known as eskers - sinuous ridges of sediment deposited by subglacial rivers - in order to compare them to similar features on the surface of Mars.⁠
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#PlanetaryAnalogs #SolarSystemWorkings #usgs #nasa #eskers #NAUResearch #MyNAUview #Iceland #GraduateResearch #PlanetaryScience

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graduateresearch, nasa, usgs, eskers, mynauview, planetaryanalogs, iceland, nauresearch, traveltuesday, solarsystemworkings, planetaryscience

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