Status Report

NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Imagery Release 28 November 2007

By SpaceRef Editor
November 28, 2007
Filed under
NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Imagery Release 28 November 2007
http://images.spaceref.com/news/mro.jpg

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.


Transected Wrinkle Ridge in Ophir Chasma Transected Wrinkle Ridge in Ophir Chasma
Wrinkle ridges, prominent in this image, are also found elsewhere in the Solar System, including the Moon, Mercury and Venus.
 
Pits Near Alba Patera Pits Near Alba Patera
This HiRISE scene shows pits in Acheron Catena, a chain of circular depressions located southeast of Alba Patera, the widest and flattest volcano on Mars.
 
South Polar Residual Cap Margin in Enhanced Color South Polar Residual Cap Margin in Enhanced Color
One part of this image shows circular depressions that have coalesced into what is dubbed “Swiss cheese” terrain.
 
Unusual Depression Near Elysium Mons Unusual Depression Near Elysium Mons
This unusual depression and the associated concentric rings are situated within an area thought to have been deposited as a mud flow.
 
Layered Pit in Noctis Labyrinthus Layered Pit in Noctis Labyrinthus
A pit in Noctis Labyrinthus, a jumbled checkerboard terrain consisting of short, narrow canyons.
 


Full graphics version

HiRISE Operations Center
1541 E. University Blvd
Tucson, Arizona 85721
Questions or comments? E-mail us!

Copyright © 2007 Arizona Board of Regents

SpaceRef staff editor.