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NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Imagery Release 8 November 2007

By SpaceRef Editor
November 8, 2007
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NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter HiRISE Imagery Release 8 November 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.


HiRISE at One Year: Student Image of the Week-Seasonal Changes of South Polar Dark Dune Field HiRISE at One Year: Student Image of the Week-Seasonal Changes of South Polar Dark Dune Field
This image was suggested by Andras Sik’s SUPERNOVA astronomy and space research class in Budapest, Hungary.
 
Gullies and Concentric Fill in an Unnamed Rampart Crater in Noachis Terra Gullies and Concentric Fill in an Unnamed Rampart Crater in Noachis Terra
The gullies shown in this image are similar to terrestrial gullies produced by flowing water.
 
Basal Exposure of South Polar Layered Deposits Basal Exposure of South Polar Layered Deposits
Internal layering in the south polar layered deposits exposed on a scarp.
 
Rugged Crater Floor in Terra Tyrrhena Rugged Crater Floor in Terra Tyrrhena
In this image, dark mesas contrast with light-colored, topographically lower outcrops.
 
Cerberus Fossae Fissures Cerberus Fossae Fissures
Several parallel segments of the Cerberus Fossae, a system of fissures formed by extension and stretching of the near-surface of Mars.
 


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