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NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Imagery Release 16 January 2008

By SpaceRef Editor
January 20, 2008
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NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Imagery Release 16 January 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.


Intersecting Graben in Utopia Planitia
Intersecting Graben in Utopia Planitia
A set of intersecting faults in northern Utopia Planitia, exposing materials buried beneath the surface.
 
Dust-Devil Tracks in Southern Schiaparelli Basin
Dust-Devil Tracks in Southern Schiaparelli Basin
Dust-devils play an important role in sustaining the aerosols that make up Mars’ red sky and in cleaning the Martian surface after a dust storm.
 
Colliding Dunes in Meridiani Planum
Colliding Dunes in Meridiani Planum
A variety of wind-related features near the equator of Mars in northern Meridiani Planum.
 
Intra-Crater Deposits in Nilosyrtis
Intra-Crater Deposits in Nilosyrtis
Both ancient and modern deposits within craters in the northern lowlands area of Nilosyrtis are visible in this HiRISE image.
 
Sand Dunes in Nili Patera Caldera
Sand Dunes in Nili Patera Caldera
A set of dark sand dunes within the northeastern edge of a dune field in Nili Patera, a volcanic caldera.
 


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