Photos: Images from Mars HiRise camera
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Newly released images of the Mars surface taken by the Mars HiRise camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Mars HiRise images
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Ridges and Troughs in Deuteronilus Mensae - (17 June 2016, 189 km above the surface). The ridges here are very sharp looking and the troughs are large and deep.
Mars HiRise images
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This enhanced photo, taken from about 100 miles above Mars’ surface, shows dunes within Arkhangelsky Crater. Blue typically indicates basalt. This is what is known as a barchan dune.
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Sedimentary Processes North of Hellas Region - (5 June 2016, 160 km above the surface). An erosional window into sedimentary deposits.
Mars HiRise images
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Eos Chasma - (12 June 2016, 165 km above the surface). Beautiful fans of sediment spilling away from an outcrop atop a large mound. Eos Chasma is in the southern part of Valles Marineris.
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A Ridge and Layered Bedrock - (18 June 2016, 189 km above the surface). Prominent are the bedrock layers you can see under the ridge.
Mars HiRise images
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Arcadia Planitia - (8 June 2016, 160 km above the surface). This features a very ancient and in-filled crater in Arcadia Planitia, known for being fairly smooth due to old lava flows.
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Candidate Recent Impact Site - (18 June 2016, 189 km above the surface). A favorite target of HiRISE is to find possible new impact sites (we�ve catalogued hundreds) where we can also see exposed ice, which appears as blue in enhanced color images.
Mars HiRise images
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Spiders on Sastrugi! - (21 June 2016, 154 km above the surface). A good follow up the previous image, where defrosting carbon dioxide can create these sprawling channels called �araneiform,� although �spider� is often a more relatable term. This is another polar image.
Mars HiRise images
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Excellent Bedrock Exposures in the South Wall of Capri Chasma - (11 June 2016, 163 km above the surface). This region is at the eastern end of giant Valles Marineris, the largest canyon the Solar System.
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Steep Slope in Eastern Noctis Labyrinthus - (14 June 2016, 163 km above the surface). Latin for �Labyrinth of the Night,� and an area that might be promising for locating RSL, or recurring slope lineae.
Mars HiRise images
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Frosty Dunes - (19 June 2016, 156 km above the surface). Spots everywhere, made by sublimation, where a solid transforms directly to a gas (in this case, carbon dioxide ice). When that happens, darker subsurface material is exposed and eventually fades over time.
Mars HiRise images
- NASA / JPL / University of Arizona
Candidate Recent Impact Site - (18 June 2016, 189 km above the surface). A favorite target of HiRISE is to find possible new impact sites (we�ve catalogued hundreds) where we can also see exposed ice, which appears as blue in enhanced color images.
Mars HiRise images
- NASA / JPL / University of Arizona
Spiders on Sastrugi! - (21 June 2016, 154 km above the surface). A good follow up the previous image, where defrosting carbon dioxide can create these sprawling channels called �araneiform,� although �spider� is often a more relatable term. This is another polar image.
Mars HiRise images
- NASA / JPL / University of Arizona
Frosty Dunes - (19 June 2016, 156 km above the surface). Spots everywhere, made by sublimation, where a solid transforms directly to a gas (in this case, carbon dioxide ice). When that happens, darker subsurface material is exposed and eventually fades over time.
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Scientists continue to analyze more than ten years of Mars images taken by the University of Arizona's HIRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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