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NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Imagery Release 15 November 2007

By SpaceRef Editor
November 16, 2007
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NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Imagery Release 15 November 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.


Student Image of the Week: Layering Near Southern Polar Crater 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.
 
Crater Modified by Ice Processes 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.
 
Plains in North Sinus Meridiani Plains in North Sinus Meridiani
Plains speckled with craters in north Sinus Meridiani, a dark albedo feature.
 
Gullies in the Eastern Hellas Region of Mars Gullies in the Eastern Hellas Region of Mars
Several gullies along the southern wall of unnamed crater in the eastern Hellas region of Mars.
 
Layering along West Ganges Chasma 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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