NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Imagery Release 20 February 2008
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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.
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Dunes in West Arabia Terra Crater These dunes are most likely composed of basaltic sand that has collected on the bottom of the crater. |
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Unravelling Part of Olympus Mons’ Geologic History While it is one of the youngest volcanoes on Mars, Olympus Mons has a complicated history. |
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A Dilly of a Crater Dilly is what is commonly referred to as a “butterfly” crater, since the asymmetry of the ejecta gives the appearance of “wings” and hence, that of a butterfly. |
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Colorful Outcrops in Schiaparelli The colors indicate different rock layers and wind-blown materials, and a varied and complex geologic history. |
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Clays in Mawrth Vallis With enhanced color, HiRISE can detect color differences that indicate various minerals on the surface. |
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Scarps in Deuteronilus Mensae Polygonal fractures, possibly formed by thermal cycles in ice-rich ground, are visible throughout this image. |
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Young Rampart Crater Within the crater, we see evidence of landslides originating at the upper edges. |
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Winter Sunrise over Phoenix A portion of the landing ellipse for the Phoenix Lander, touching down on Mars on 25 May 2008. |
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Proposed MSL Site in Mawrth Vallis |
