NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Imagery Release 19 December 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.
Santa Claus Craters These unusual craters were spotted in Arcadia Planitia, which is part of an extensive region of Mars blanketed by a thick layer of bright dust. |
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Chryse Planitia Surfaces Part of the surface of Chryse Planitia, near the mouth of several of giant outflow channels carved by massive floods. |
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Exposure of Basal Section of Polar Layered Deposits The layers were laid down over a large area near the south pole, probably over the past few million years. |
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Cerberus Fossae and Surrounding Features Lightly cratered plains in Elysium Planitia, a low-lying area located in the equatorial region of Mars. |
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Pang Boche Crater Geologically young craters are important to investigate the current cratering rate on Mars |
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