Mars HiRISE Image: Well-Speckled Polar Dunes “These barchan (crescent-shaped) sand dunes are found within the North Polar erg of Mars. This type of dune provides a great record of the […]
HiRISE
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Opportunity As Seen From Mars Orbit
Photo: Opportunity Rover at Santa Maria Crater As Seen From Mars Orbit “HiRISE acquired this image of the Opportunity rover on the Southwest rim of Santa Maria Crater on New […]
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Today's Video: HiRISE Images 18 November 2009
Features musical contribution from Gorkha. Captioned and spotlight images from HiRISE, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Highly explosive. See http://uahirise.org for more.
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Wind-Painted Dunes on Mars
This image was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. USGS Dune Database Entry (ESP_014426_2070) Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona Larger image and further […]
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Earth and Moon as Seen from Mars
“This is an image of Earth and the Moon, acquired at 5:20 a.m. MST on 3 October 2007, at a range of 142 million kilometers, which gives the HiRISE image […]