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HiRISE
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Western Rim of Endeavour Crater Digital Terrain Model
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The labeled image below is a digital terrain model (DTM) of the Western rim of Endeavour Crater overlain with a northward perspective from ...
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Russian Citizen Scientists Have Likely Discovered Mars 3 Lander
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Recently, Russian citizen scientists claimed to have found the remnants of the failed Mars 3 Lander, which landed on Mars on December 2 197...
Cone-Shaped Hill on Mars
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In the South Polar Region of Mars' Promethei Lingula there is an unusual cone shaped hill , measuring about 20-30 meters high. The whi...
Colorful Crater on Mars
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Check out these colorful images of a young, well preserved crater on Mars! When this 5km (3.1 mi) diameter crater was created it exposed a...
Birds-Eye View of MSL Curiosity
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Take a look at HiRISE's birds-eye view of MSL Curiosity, taken on the 157th sol of it's mission in Gale Crater. In this image you ...
Five Impacts, Same Time - How?
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This HiRISE image shows a new impact site within a crevice in Fortuna Fossae, east of the Tharsis Quadrangle . There are five distinct cra...
Mars Photo of the Day - 10 Oct 2012
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Today's Image of Mars shows an area at the base of Gale Crater's Mount Sharp where Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity will event...
Mars Photo of the Day - 20 Sep 2012
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Today's Image of Mars shows two distinctive layers exposed in a 230m wide crater caused by a meteorite impact in the Northern Plains. T...
Studying MSL's Tracks Will Help Future Missions to Mars
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Take a look at this remarkable image from HiRISE showing Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity and the tracks it made during the first few d...
Mars Photo of the Day - 2 Sep 2012
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Today's Image of Mars shows mounds in Chryse Planitia formed by a process called diapirism, which occurs when older material of lowe...
Mars Photo of the Day - 19 Aug 2012
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Today's Image of Mars shows Mars Science Laboratory's landing site and it's most immediate destination, Glenelg . This area wa...
Mars Photo of the Day - 15 Aug 2012
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Today's Image of Mars shows Mars Science Laboratory and the surrounding terrain in color , as taken by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter...
Mars Photo of the Day - 10 Aug 2012
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Today's Image of Mars shows where all the hardware for Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) ended up 24 hours after landing. If you click on ...
Mars Photo of the Day - 25 Jul 2012
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Today's image of Mars shows banded features indicative of past (and maybe present) glacial flow in Hellas Basin on Mars . The banded ...
Mars Photo of the Day - 21 Jul 2012
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Today we'll take a look at two images of the same area taken a few years apart. Sometime between July 2005 and October 2008, a weak imp...
Mars Photo of the Day - 15 Jul 2012
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Today's Image of Mars shows a spectacular, yet potentially dangerous feature on Mars at the North Pole . What we see here is a massive...
Mars Photo of the Day - 29 Jun 2012
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Today's Image of Mars shows colorful layers in Nili Fossae that are thought to contain carbonates . On Earth carbonates are commonl...
Mars Photo of the Day - 25 June 2012
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Today's Image of Mars shows what happened in Deuteronilus Mensae when ice quickly disappeared from the surface. The image below is of...
Mars Photo of the Day - 19 June 2012
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Today's Image of Mars shows bright material on the floor of a trough in Noctis Labyrinthus , which lies on the far western edge of He...
Mars Photo of the Day - 13 June 2012
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Today's Image of Mars shows a remarkable doublet crater ! A doublet crater is formed when two objects impact the surface at the same ...
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