🌌 August’s Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month is here! Pluto’s bladed terrain is one of the dwarf planet’s most enigmatic landscapes. Victor Belissa explores how these huge ridges may have formed through sublimation waves driven by Pluto’s near-surface winds. 🧊💨🌑 #Pluto #PlanetaryScience

Revisiting the Enigma of Pluto’s Most Enigmatic Terrain: The Bladed Deposits of Tartarus Dorsa

Post contributed by Victor Belissa (Phd student), Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences (LPG), Nantes Université, CNRS, France. When NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto in 201…

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🌌 July’s Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month is here! A fan-shaped deposit in Valles Marineris, Mars, could mark an ancient shoreline. Ignatius “Arga” Argadestya explores this feature using CaSSIS color images and derived 3D views. A clue to Mars' watery past? 🔴🛰️🌊 #Mars #PlanetaryScience

Fan-Shaped Deposit as Paleoshoreline Marker in Valles Marineris, Mars

Post contributed by Ignatius “Arga” Argadestya (PhD Candidate), Institute of Geological Sciences, Space Research and Planetary Science Division, University of Bern, Switzerland. Scarp-fronted depos…

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📸 The June Planetary Geomorphology Image of the Month is now online! Dr. Roodra Manogaran investigates intriguing pit complexes in Sputnik Planitia on #Pluto, revealing links to tectonic lineations and suggesting they may have formed as a result of fluid seepage. 🌑🛰️🔍 bit.ly/3PCPrWG

Geomorphological Evidence of Fluid Seepage in Pit Complex Formation, Pioneer Terra, Pluto

Post contributed by Dr. Roodra Manogaran, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University – LSU blog post Pits are geomorphological features observed on planetary bodies acro…

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The May Planetary Geomorphology Image 📸 of the Month is now online! Dr. @lonnekeroelofs.bsky.social shares her research on linear dune gullies on #Mars. Lab experiments show they form from CO₂ ice blocks that slide and burrow themselves into sandy dune slopes 🛰️🧊⏳ bit.ly/4w98acI

Sliding and Burrowing Blocks of CO2 Create Sinuous “Linear Dune Gullies” on Martian Dunes

Post contributed by Dr. Lonneke Roelofs1 and Noé Le Becq2 (PhD Candidate) 1Physical Geography, Utrecht University2Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences (LPG), CNRS, Univ Nantes On some of the …

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The April Planetary Geomorphology Image 📸 of the Month is now online! Dr. @spidrwoman.bsky.social shares her research about lake stars. On Earth, these features develop when water flows through snow or ice on frozen lakes. On the moon Europa, they might reveal the presence of liquid water🧑‍🚀⭐💧

Lake Stars as an Earth Analog for Europa’s Manannán Crater Spider Feature

Post contributed by Dr. Lauren Mc Keown, Department of Physics, University of Central Florida – spidrwoman Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is an ocean world that is a prime candidate in our search …

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‪‪The March #Planetary Geomorphology Image 📸 of the Month is now online! Dr. Matt Telfer shares his team's recent discovery of remarkable lithified dunes on the steep slopes of Noctis Labyrinthus - #Mars 🧑‍🚀⛰️🏖️

Ancient climbing dune-fields in Noctis Labyrinthus, Mars

Post contributed by Dr. Matt Telfer, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Plymouth, UK. Climbing dunes are accumulations of wind-blown sand that result from the slow-…

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The February #Planetary Geomorphology Image 📸 of the Month is now online! Anastasiia Ovchinnikova explains how two different river deltas in #Jezero crater on #Mars might have interacted. The story is hidden in the minerals! 👩‍🚀🪨💧

The interaction of two deltas on Mars

Post contributed by Anastasiia Ovchinnikova, Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Geological Sciences, Planetary Sciences and Remote Sensing Group Jezero crater on Mars is famous for its two delt…

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Call for Abstracts 📣 Our session "Planetary Geomorphology and Surface Processes" - GM6.1, at the EGU (3-8 May 2026 in Vienna) will provide a platform for cross-planetary discussion on geomorphological and geological processes. Abstract deadline is January 15!

The first #Planetary Geomorphology Image 📸 of the Month of 2026 is now online! We started the year by looking at lobate forms around impact craters across the solar system 🪐🌕🧑‍🚀, under the guidance of Alistair Blance from the @openuniversity.bsky.social - #Moon #Mars #Ceres #Mercury

‪The last #Planetary Geomorphology Image 📸 of the Month of 2025 is now online! This month, Quentin Betton (master student at LPG Nantes) presents his study on Martian dust devils 🌪️🌕🛰️ #Mars #dustdevil #whirlwind #remotesensing planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/i...

Investigating the formation of Dust Devils on Mars

Post contributed by Quentin Betton (master student) – LPG Nantes, Freie Universität & Dr. Susan Conway – LPG Nantes Mars has an atmosphere that is about 150 times thinner than the Earth, yet th…

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The #Planetary Geomorphology Image 📸 of the Month November is now online! Dr. Susana del C. Fernández takes us to the moon, in a search for for lithium and water ice! 🔋🧊🌕 planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/l...

Lunar Surface Geomorphology as a tool to find Lithium and Water Ice

Post contributed by Dr. S. del C. Fernández, Department of Geology, University of Oviedo, Spain – Coordinator of MapPlaneST The geomorphology of the lunar surface plays a key role in assessin…

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The IAG #Planetary Gemorphology Image of the Month 📸 October is online! Dr. Abdallah Zaki takes us on a field trip to ancient Mars, by studying hourglass-shaped landforms ⌛ - remnants of source-to-sink river systems💧🌕🧐👩‍🚀 #Mars #rivers #space planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/h...

Hourglass landforms: Evidence of source-to-sink fluvial deposition

Post contributed by Dr. Abdallah S. Zaki, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin Mars provides an exceptional geological archive, preserving billions of years of pre-existing …

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‪The IAG #Planetary Gemorphology Image of the Month 📸 for September is online! Dr. Anna Szynkiewicz shows evidence of late fluid flows in Gale crater, as she compares Martian sulfate-rich salt deposits with those on Earth! 🧂💧👩‍🚀 planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com/2025/09/01/b...

Bright-toned sulfate-rich salts on Mars:Evidence of late fluid flows in Gale crater

Post contributed by Dr. Anna Szynkiewicz, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, USA Various secondary sulfate minerals have been detected by the Curiosity rover in …

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The IAG #Planetary Gemorphology Image of the Month 📸 for August is now online! A team of researchers discusses the colourful and bright dusty halos that occur on Martian sand dunes in early spring. The halos are a good indicator of mass-wasting driven by the seasonal sublimation of CO2 ice! 🌕😇✨

Bright dusty halos around mass wasting on Martian Sand dunes

Post contributed by Maria Kefa (master student), Dr. Susan Conway – LPG Nantes & Dr. Lonneke Roelofs – Utrecht University Mars’ winters are sufficiently cold that carbon dioxide (CO…

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The IAG #Planetary Gemorphology Image of the Month 📸 for July is now online! Dr. Vijayan shows us how you find recent boulder falls on the #Moon! planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com/2025/06/01/r...

Recent boulder falls on the Moon: Evidence from Boulder Fall Ejecta (BFE) tracks

Post contributed by Dr. Vijayan S., Planetary Sciences Division, Physical Research Laboratory, India One way to identify recent surface activity on the moon is through the study of lunar boulder fa…

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The IAG #Planetary Gemorphology Image of the Month 📸 for June has been online for some time now! PhD candidate JohnPaul Sleiman & Dr. Rachel Glade share some very exciting finds on lobate shapes on the hillslopes of #Mars! planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com/2025/05/30/l...

Lobate Patterns on Slopes in Mars’ Northern hemisphere

Post contributed by JohnPaul Sleiman (PhD Candidate) and Dr. Rachel Glade at Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, USA Walk along a periglacial hillside in Norway…

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The IAG #Planetary Gemorphology Image of the Month 📸 for May is now available. PhD candidate Marie Azevedo explains how the layers of different types of dusty ice deposits in Louth crater on #Mars tell us a story about the past. planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com/2025/05/01/k...

‪The IAG #Planetary Gemorphology Image of the Month 📸 for April is now available. Undergraduate student Kyleshaquill Fred Velez takes us to Enceladus, an icy moon of Saturn, where mass wasting occurs on the steep slopes along tectonic features. planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com/2025/04/01/p...

The IAG #Planetary Gemorphology Image of the Month 📸 for February is now available. Dr. Määttänen, Dr. Tirsch and Dr. @jorgehb.bsky.social show us the wonderful variety in clouds on Mars ☁️🌤️🌪️ planetarygeomorphology.wordpress.com/2025/02/01/a...