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NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Imagery Release 26 September 2007

By SpaceRef Editor
September 28, 2007
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NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Imagery Release 26 September 2007
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Onboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the HiRISE camera offers unprecedented image quality, giving us a view of the Red Planet in a way never before seen. It’s the most powerful camera ever to leave Earth’s orbit.


Small Channel Winding between Knobs in the Tartarus Colles Small Channel Winding between Knobs in the Tartarus Colles
A thin channel between knobs in the northern hemisphere, part of a local group called the Tartarus Colles.
 
Student Image of the Week: Debris Apron South of Euripus Mons Student Image of the Week: Debris Apron South of Euripus Mons
This week’s student image was suggested by a class at the Alternative Secondary School of Economics in Budapest, Hungary.
 
South Pole Residual Cap Swiss-Cheese Terrain Monitoring South Pole Residual Cap Swiss-Cheese Terrain Monitoring
In this image, high-standing smooth material is broken up by circular, oval and blob-shaped depressions.
 
South Pole Residual Cap Swiss-Cheese Terrain Monitoring South Pole Residual Cap Swiss-Cheese Terrain Monitoring
An interesting feature in this image is the crisscrossing network of faint ridges and troughs on the upper smooth terrain.
 
Transected Wrinkle Ridge in Ophir Chasma Transected Wrinkle Ridge in Ophir Chasma
Wrinkle ridges, prominent in this image, are also found elsewhere in the Solar System, including the Moon, Mercury and Venus.
 
Small Rayed Crater Small Rayed Crater
A small rayed crater, with preserved ejecta, formed by the impact of a meteoroid.
 


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