NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Imagery Release 16 January 2008
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 A set of intersecting faults in northern Utopia Planitia, exposing materials buried beneath the surface. |
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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. |
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Colliding Dunes in Meridiani Planum A variety of wind-related features near the equator of Mars in northern Meridiani Planum. |
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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. |
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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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