NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Imagery Release 1 August 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.
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South Polar Residual Cap Like Earth, Mars has concentrations of water ice at both poles, but on the Red Planet, this seasonal ice is carbion dioxide. |
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Layers in Eberswalde Crater A portion of Eberswalde Crater, revealing a possible delta-lake transition. |
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Cerberus Fossae Fracture A fracture that is part of a larger set of similar features collectively called Cerberus Fossae. |
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Light-Toned Outcrop in Aureum Chaos At what stage in Mars’ history did clays minerals form and how? |
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Russell Crater Dunes, Defrosted This dune field is covered seasonally by carbion dioxide frost, with just a few patches remaining. |
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Jumbled Terrain East of Arsia Mons Terrain west of the Martian volcano Arsia Mons, the southernmost of the three aligned giant volcanoes known as the Tharsis Montes. |
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Gorgonum Chaos Mesas Mesas that are part of Gorgonum Chaos, a region of chaotic terrain. |
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Curvilinear Ridge in Terra Meridiani An arcuate ridge in Terra Meridiani, most likely a former streambed, now exposed in inverted relief. |
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Dust Storm Hampers Seasonal Monitoring Campaign A dust storm has been raging on Mars, hampering the ability of the HiRISE team to carry out a seasonal monitoring campaign. |
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Layering in Crommlin Crater Layering in geologic materials is interesting because it represents a record of deposition over time. |
