NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Imagery Release 19 December 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.
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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 |