NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Imagery Release 15 November 2007
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.
Student Image of the Week: Layering Near Southern Polar Crater This image was suggested by Vishal Bhalerao, a mechanical engineering student, from the K.K. Wagh Institute of Engineering Education in Maharashtra, India. |
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Crater Modified by Ice Processes This image captures an impact crater on the surface of Amphitrites Patera, an ancient volcano on the southern margin of the giant Hellas Basin. |
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Plains in North Sinus Meridiani Plains speckled with craters in north Sinus Meridiani, a dark albedo feature. |
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Gullies in the Eastern Hellas Region of Mars Several gullies along the southern wall of unnamed crater in the eastern Hellas region of Mars. |
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Layering along West Ganges Chasma A sequence of layered sedimentary rocks exposed along the wall of Ganges Chasma, in the northeast part of the Valles Marineris system. |
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