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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-11-28 Earth Terra
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These images, taken by the MISR instrument aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft, are centered over the Pacific Ocean, about 1600 kilometers west of San Francisco. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA03433:
Ship Tracks in a Stratiform Cloud Layer
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-11-29 Callisto Galileo
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The heavily cratered portion of the surface of Jupiter's moon Callisto, seen in this image recorded by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, resembles most of Callisto that's been seen in high resolution.
PIA02593:
Opposite Side of Callisto from Valhalla Impact
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-12-05 Earth Terra
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Lake Manicouagan in northern Quebec, Canada, as seen by NASA's Terra satellite on June 1, 2001, during Terra orbit 7737.
PIA03434:
Manicouagan Impact Structure, Quebec
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-02-13 Earth Terra
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The 'Lagoa dos Patos,' in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, translates to 'the Duck Lagoon.' This image from NASA's Terra satellite is MISR Mystery Image Quiz #5.
PIA03444:
Where on Earth...? MISR Mystery Image Quiz #6:
Lagoa dos Patos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-02-16 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a small meteorite impact crater in northern Tharsis.
PIA03469:
Fresh Impact Crater and Rays in Tharsis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-03-01 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This 300-kilometer (186-mile) long daytime infrared image of Terra Sirenum, taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, displays a wide variety of geologic features. The mottled floor and rim of Koval'skiy Crater is seen at the left (north) of the image.
PIA03483:
Daytime Infrared, Terra Sirenum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-03-05 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This visible-light image, taken by the thermal emission imaging system's camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, shows the highly fractured, faulted and deformed Acheron Fossae region of Mars.
PIA03481:
Acheron Fossae in Visible Light
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-04-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the martian volcanoes, Ceraunius Tholus (lower) and Uranius Tholus (upper). The presence of impact craters on these volcanoes, particularly on Uranius Tholus indicates that they are quite ancient and are not active today
PIA03750:
Volcanoes Ceraunius Tholus and Uranius Tholus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-04-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows Newton Crater on Mars and its surrounding terrain exhibiting many examples of gullies on the walls of craters and troughs.
PIA03754:
Gullies and Layers in Crater Wall in Newton
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-04-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows examples of what Mars looks like in late northern summer, which is also late southern winter. At this time of year, the south polar cap is very large.
PIA03755:
Global Views of Mars in late Northern Summer
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows Nirgal Vallis, a narrow valley system across the martian surface near 28°S latitude, north of the large basin, Argyre. The floor of the valley system is largely covered with light-toned dunes and ripples.
PIA03779:
Nirgal Vallis and its Windblown Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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These layered deposits are located on the floor of a large canyon called Ganges Chasma which is a part of the Valles Marineris in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA03758:
Layered Deposits on the floor of Ganges Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This lunar-like scene, imaged by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, occurs along the southeastern rim of the Isidis Planitia basin, an ancient impact crater some 1200 km across.
PIA03761:
Isidis Rim
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Olympus Mons, imaged here by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, stands 26 km above the surrounding plains, which is three times taller than Mt. Everest, and is the tallest volcano in the solar system.
PIA03763:
Olympus Mons Lava Flows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a Martian geologic deposit known as the Medusae Fossae Formation (the raised plateau in the upper two-thirds of the image), a soft, easily eroded deposit that extends for nearly 1,000 km along the equator of Mars.
PIA03766:
Medusae Fossae Formation
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This scene from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the contrasting morphologies of the relatively rough highland terrain (in the lower portion of the image) and the relatively smooth materials (at top) of the southern rim of the Isidis Planitia basin.
PIA03767:
Southern rim of Isidis Planitia basin
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The eastern floor of Holden Crater, which is located in region of the southern hemisphere called Noachis Terra and is 154 km in diameter, is seen in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA03769:
Eastern Floor of Holden Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Remarkable variations in the erosion of the Medusae Fossae Formation are shown in this scene from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft. In this region, the surface has been eroded by the wind into a series of linear ridges called yardangs.
PIA03770:
Medusae Fossae Formation
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image shows the intersection of Holden Crater with Uzboi Valles. This region of Mars contains a number of features that could be related to liquid water on the surface in the Martian past.
PIA03771:
Holden Crater/Uzboi Valles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Bosporus Planum, seen in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, is located in a region of smooth plains that appear to have formed from lava flows.
PIA03772:
Bosporus Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image shows a region in northern Arabia Terra where knobby or 'scabby' plains units that mantle and modify a pre-existing cratered surface dominate the unusual landscape.
PIA03782:
Knobby Terrain in Northern Arabia Terra
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image covers a tract of plateau territory called Ophir Planum. The most obvious features in this scene are the fractures (ranging from 1 to 5 km wide) running from the upper left to lower right.
PIA03784:
Crustal Fractures of Ophir Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This region of Terra Meridiani, imaged by NASA's Mars Odyssey, shows an old, heavily degraded channel that appears to terminate abruptly at the rim of a 10 km diameter crater, suggesting that the impact crater was created after the channel was formed.
PIA03785:
Cratered terrain in Terra Meridiani
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The eastern rim of this unnamed crater in Southern Arabia Terra, imaged by NASA's Mars Odyssey, is very degraded, indicating that it's an ancient crater that's been subjected to erosion and bombardment from impactors such as asteroids and comets.
PIA03788:
Degraded Crater Rim
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-05-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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At the top right of this NASA Mars Odyssey image, the rim of the caldera of Pavonis Mons, one of four exceptionally large volcanoes in the Tharsis region, is barely visible with steep cliffs formed by the collapse of a portion of the volcano's summit.
PIA03790:
Pavonis Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows Utopia Planitia, a large plain in the northern hemisphere of Mars. It is believed that this basin is the result of a large impact.
PIA03796:
Utopia Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image shows a close-up view of the ridged plains in Hesperia Planum, a classic locality for Martian surfaces that formed in the 'middle ages' of the planet's history.
PIA03797:
Hesperia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Although the largest volcanoes on Mars (and in the solar system) are located in the geologically young Tharsis region, there are many Martian volcanoes that display equally interesting features, such as Hadriaca Patera in this NASA Mars Odyssey image.
PIA03798:
Hadriaca Patera
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows patterned ground on Mars taking the form of large polygons, each bounded by either troughs or ridges made up of rock particles different in size from those seen in the interior of the polygon.
PIA03496:
Southern Hemisphere Polygonal Patterned Ground
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the northern interior wall of Coprates Chasma, one of the major canyons that form Valles Marineris.
PIA03809:
Coprates Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Many places on Mars, such as in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft of a crater superposed on the floor of a larger crater, display scabby, eroded landscapes that commonly are referred to as etched terrain.
PIA03811:
Northern Arabia Etched Terrain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Juventae Chasma is an enormous box canyon which opens to the north and forms the outflow channel Maja Vallis. This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft captures a portion of the western floor of Juventae Chasma and shows a wide variety of landforms.
PIA03818:
Floor of Juventae Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image to the east of Tharsis Tholus from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows one of many vast fields of lava flows produced by the great Tharsis volcanoes.
PIA03819:
Lava Flows in Eastern Tharsis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The movement pathways of molten rock, or lava, is demonstrated in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft of a portion of Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in our solar system.
PIA03821:
Southeastern Scarp of Olympus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Streamlined islands, like the one shown in this NASA Mars Odyssey image, are one piece of geologic evidence that large quantities of water once flowed across the surface of Mars in the distant past.
PIA03825:
Streamlined Islands in Ares Valles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image shows a remarkable array of dunes on the floor of a large impact crater named Baldet. Many of the dunes in this region are isolated features with large, sand-free 'interdune' surfaces between the individual dunes.
PIA03828:
Floor of Baldet Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a classic example of a Martian impact crater with a central peak. Central peaks are common in large, fresh craters on both Mars and the Moon.
PIA03829:
Impact Crater with Peak
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a portion of Aureum Chaos located just south of the Martian equator. This fractured landscape contains canyons and mesas with two large impact craters in the upper left.
PIA03830:
Canyons and Mesas of Aureum Chaos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The eastern rim of this unnamed crater in Claritas Fossae is very degraded, as seen in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey, indicating that it's very ancient and has been subjected to erosion and bombardment from impactors such as asteroids and comets.
PIA03833:
Claritas Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This positive relief feature in the ancient highlands of Mars, imaged by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, appears to be a heavily eroded volcanic center. The top of the feature appears to be under attack by the erosive forces of the Martian wind.
PIA03837:
Small Volcano in Terra Cimmeria
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-06-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Tantalus Fossae, seen in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, is a set of long valleys on the eastern side of Alba Patera. These valleys are referred to as grabens and are formed by extension of the crust and faulting.
PIA03836:
Tantalus Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-07-03 Earth Terra
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Devon Island is situated in an isolated part of Canada's Nunavut Territory, and is usually considered to be the largest uninhabited island in the world. These images were acquired by NASA's Terra satellite on June 28, 2001.
PIA03714:
Mars Researchers Rendezvous on Remote Arctic Island
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-07-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image shows the effects of erosion on a beautiful sequence of dramatically layered rocks within Candor Chasma, which is part of the Valles Marineris.
PIA03838:
Candor Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-07-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a region of Mars' northern hemisphere called Ismenia Fossae. Most of the landforms are the degraded remains of impact crater rim and ejecta from an unnamed crater (75 km diameter) just north of this scene.
PIA03841:
Ismenia Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-07-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Off the western flank of Elysium are the Hephaestus Fossae, seen in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey, with linear arrangements of small, round pits. These features are commonly called 'pit chains' and most likely represent the collapse of lava tubes.
PIA03842:
Hephaestus Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-07-05 Moon Ranger 9
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On March 24, 1965, a nationwide TV audience watched live video from Ranger 9 as it purposefully crashed into the Moon within the crater Alphonsus. Ranger's six cameras sent back more than 5800 video images during the last 18 minutes of its 3-day journey,
PIA03495:
Live from the Moon - Impact! Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-07-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This crater within part of Amazonis Planitia was captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft and displays a number of common features exhibited by Martian craters.
PIA03843:
Amazonis Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-07-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image covers a large area over the summit of Ulysses Patera, one of the many volcanoes that make up the giant Tharsis volcanic province, although Ulysses itself is fairly small in comparison to the other volcanoes in this area.
PIA03900:
Ulysses Patera
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-07-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image of NASA's Viking 1 landing site was taken to commemorate the anniversaries of NASA's Apollo 11 landing on the Moon and Viking 1 landing on Mars -- July 20, 1969 and July 20, 1976, respectively.
PIA03901:
1st Manned Lunar Landing and 1st Robotic Mars Landing Commemorative Release: Viking 1 Landing Site in Chryse Planitia - Infrared Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-07-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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NASA's Viking 1 landing site is shown in this commemorative image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft to celebrate the July 20, 1969 and 1976 anniversaries of NASA's Apollo 11 and Viking 1 landings on the Moon and Mars, respectively.
PIA03902:
1st Manned Lunar Landing and 1st Robotic Mars Landing Commemorative Release: Viking 1 Landing Site in Chryse Planitia - Visible Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-08-05 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Located roughly equidistant between two massive volcanoes, the approximately 60 km Poynting Crater and its ejecta, shown in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, have experienced an onslaught of volcanic activity.
PIA03909:
Poynting Crater Ejecta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-08-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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This image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a circular feature in northern Terra Meridiani on Mars.
PIA03914:
Partially-Exhumed Crater in Northern Terra Meridiani: Mosaic of M04-01289, E17-01676, and M21-01646
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-08-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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This anaglyph from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a circular feature in northern Terra Meridiani. The circular feature was once an impact crater. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA03915:
Partially-Exhumed Crater in Northern Terra Meridiani: Stereo Anaglyph of overlapping coverage in M04-01289 and E17-01676
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-08-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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This image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor taken in 2002, shows that the 'Inca City' ridges, located at 82°S, 67°W, are part of a larger circular structure that is about 86 km (53 mi) across.
PIA03918:
"Inca City" is Part of a Circular Feature
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-09-13 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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An 8-kilometer (5-mile) wide crater of possible impact origin is shown in this view of an isolated part of the Bolivian Amazon from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA03359:
Shaded Relief with Height as Color, Iturralde Structure, Bolivia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-09-17 Earth Terra
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This image of Iturralde Crater, Bolivia was acquired on June 29, 2001 by NASA's Terra satellite.
PIA03859:
Iturralde Crater, Bolivia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-09-26 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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This anaglyph, from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, is of the Iturralde Structure, Bolivia, a possible impact crater. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA03362:
Anaglyph: Shaded Relief and Height as Brightness, Iturralde Structure, Bolivia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-09-26 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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An 8-kilometer (5-mile) wide crater of possible impact origin is shown in this stereoscopic view of an isolated part of the Bolivian Amazon from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA03363:
Stereo Pair with ASTER Image, Iturralde Structure, Bolivia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-10-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows gullies on the walls of two different meteor impact craters that occur in Newton Basin in Sirenum Terra, Mars, exhibiting patches of wintertime frost on the crater wall, and dark-toned sand dunes on the floor.
PIA03872:
18,812 New MGS MOC Images Archived and Online
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-11-15 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The small crater observed at the middle-right edge of this NASA Mars Odyssey image is very different from other similar looking impact craters located southeast of the Pavonis Mons volcano.
PIA04004:
Small volcanic crater near Pavonis Mons (Released 14 November 2002
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The irregularly shaped rim of the bowl-shaped impact crater in this NASA Mars Odyssey image is most likely due to erosion and the subsequent infilling of sediment.
PIA04006:
Impact Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-11-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the rugged cratered highland region of Libya Montes, which forms part of the rim of an ancient impact basin called Isidis.
PIA04008:
Libya Montes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-11-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image shows Dao Vallis, a large outflow channel that starts on the southeast flank of a large volcano called Hadriaca Patera and runs for 1,000 kilometers (about 620 miles) southwest into the Hellas impact basin.
PIA04009:
Dao Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-11-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey is located in Meroe Patera, which is a small region within Syrtis Major Planitia. Syrtis Major is a low-relief shield volcano whose lava flows make up a plateau more than 1,000 km (about 620 miles) across.
PIA04012:
Meroe Patera
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-12-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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With a location roughly equidistant between two of the largest volcanic constructs on the planet, the fate of the approximately 50 km (31 mile) impact crater in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey was sealed. It has been buried to the rim by lava flows.
PIA04018:
Buried Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-12-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey was acquired of Candor Chasma within Valles Marineris and shows the effects of erosion on a sequence of dramatically layered rocks.
PIA03738:
Candor Chasma on Mars, in Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-12-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This nighttime temperature image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the ancient, heavily cratered surface of the highlands between Isidis and Elysium Planitia.
PIA03739:
Martian Highlands at Night in Infrared
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-12-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The layering of material observed at the bottom of this impact crater imaged by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft suggests multiple depositional and erosional episodes in a changing environment.
PIA04021:
Impact Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-12-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The ejecta blanket of the crater in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft does not resemble the blocky, discontinuous ejecta associated with most fresh craters on Mars.
PIA04025:
Fluidized crater ejecta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-12-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This pair of craters seen by NASA's Mars Odyssey just north of the Hellas Basin demonstrate the rugged topography that can result when an impact occurs on the rim of an existing crater.
PIA04027:
Crater Upon Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-12-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The channels and impact crater rim shown in this NASA Mars Odyssey image provide insight to the forces that have sculpted the surface within the extensive Reull Vallis network.
PIA04031:
Reull Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-12-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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In this region of the Olympus Mons aureole, located to the southwest of the volcano, the surface has been eroded by the wind into linear landforms called yardangs, which can be seen in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA04036:
Yardangs near Olympus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-12-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey of lava flows around the large scarp of Olympus Mons reveals textures characteristic of the variable surface roughness associated with different lava flows in this region.
PIA04039:
Lava Flows around Olympus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-12-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft was acquired of Candor Chasma within Valles Marineris and shows the effects of erosion on a sequence of dramatically layered rocks.
PIA04028:
Candor Chasma on Mars, in Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-12-17 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows tear drop-shaped landforms in Athabasca Vallis in the Cerberus region of Mars, south of the Elysium volcanoes.
PIA04051:
Athabasca Vallis Streamlined "Islands"
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a few craters at the surface of Mars' northern plains, and several circular features that represent craters that are mostly buried beneath the plains.
PIA04053:
The Martian Northern Plains
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Much of the northern lowlands of Mars are thought to be relatively young volcanic flows with varying amounts of windblown dust cover. The lack of impact craters in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft indicate the young age of the surface.
PIA04041:
Acidalia Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-12-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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With a diameter of roughly 2,000 km (1,243 miles) and a depth of over 7 km (more than 4 miles), the Hellas Basin, shown in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, is the largest impact feature on Mars.
PIA04044:
Floor of Hellas Basin
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-12-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft of the northern plains of Mars shows a surface texture of hundreds of small mounds and numerous small impact craters.
PIA04045:
Late Afternoon Sun
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-12-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This scene from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows several interesting geologic features associated with impact craters on Mars.
PIA04049:
Impact Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-12-19 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The Cydonia region on Mars, seen in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, straddles the boundary between the bright, dusty, cratered highlands to the southeast and the dark, relatively dust-free, lowland plains to the west.
PIA04057:
Cydonia Landscape
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-12-19 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Located in Arabia Terra, the crater shown in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft is known as Henry Crater. Like many other craters on Mars, the interior of Henry Crater is filled with a layered deposit.
PIA04058:
Henry Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-12-19 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This NASA Mars Odyssey image shows parts of the dissected and eroded remnants of an impact crater rim and volcanic material located north of Apollinaris Patera near the southern highlands - northern lowlands dichotomy on Mars.
PIA04061:
Appollinaris Patera
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Reull Vallis, located in Mars' cratered southern hemisphere, flows for over 1,000 km (about 620 miles) toward the Hellas basin. This NASA Mars Odyssey image shows a portion of the channel with its enigmatic lineated floor deposits.
PIA04066:
Reull Vallis
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Dark streaks emanating from within impact crater walls show evidence for mass movement of materials in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA04073:
Impact crater
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Impact craters in Hecates Tholus, as seen in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, appear to be filled with sediment derived from erosion of the surrounding terrain.
PIA04076:
Hecates Tholus
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This area of Mars imaged by NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a wonderful example of relative geologic dating. Ancient lava flows and escarpments are mantled by younger impact ejecta, which was cut by a younger graben and resurfaced by smaller impact craters.
PIA04080:
Resurfaced Mars
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The relatively flat floor and terrace walls of this impact crater imaged by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft suggest the crater was partly infilled with sediment and subsequently eroded to its present day form.
PIA04086:
Impact Crater
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At first glance, this NASA Mars Odyssey image showing impact craters and linear ridges and troughs is typical of the southern highlands. However, upon closer examination migrating sand dunes are observed within the troughs.
PIA04087:
Southern Sand Dunes
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The impact crater in this NASA Mars Odyssey image is a model illustration of the effects of erosion on Mars. The degraded crater rim and several landslides observed in crater walls are evidence of the mass wasting of materials.
PIA04091:
Erosion Effects
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The ejecta of the impact crater shown in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft appears to have been modified after it was emplaced. This modification may be due to the presence of subsurface ground ice.
PIA04094:
Elysium Planitia
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows an impact crater with a rampart ejecta blanket in Arabia Terra.
PIA04403:
Arabia Terra
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In this NASA Mars Odyssey image of western Acidalia, two craters of similar size dramatically display the effects of geologic activity. The younger one on the left has been left relatively well preserved.
PIA04405:
A Tale of Two Craters
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This somewhat cloudy image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a stunning example of layered deposits in Terby crater, just north of the Hellas impact basin.
PIA04407:
Layered Deposits in Terby Crater
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The impact crater observed in this NASA Mars Odyssey image taken in Terra Cimmeria suggests sediments have filled the crater due to the flat and smooth nature of the floor compared to rougher surfaces at higher elevations.
PIA04410:
Crater Wall and Floor
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The long sharp-crested features observed in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft are named yardangs. Yardangs form by wind erosion and typically lie in the direction of the dominant wind.
PIA04431:
Lycus Sulci
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-03-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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The large crater at the top of this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has several other craters inside of it. Most noticeable are the craters that form a 'chain' on the southern wall of the large crater.
PIA04436:
Crater Chains
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-03-06 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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This image of North America was generated with data from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA03377:
Shaded Relief with Height as Color, North America
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This anaglyph, from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, is of the Iturralde Structure, Bolivia, a possible impact crater. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA03378:
Anaglyph, North America
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-03-06 Earth Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
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This shaded relief image of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula show a subtle, but unmistakable, indication of the Chicxulub impact crater as seen by NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.
PIA03379:
Shaded Relief with Height as Color, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
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