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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-17 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This map shows the path that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity followed from the 1,813th Martian day, or sol, to Sol 2450 (Dec. 15, 2010) when Opportunity approached a crater informally named 'Santa Maria.'
PIA13731:
Opportunity Traverse Map, Sol 2450
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-20 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Nili Fossae region of Mars, one of the largest exposures of clay minerals, and a prime candidate landing site for Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity.
PIA13724:
Nili Fossae Trough, Candidate MSL Landing Site
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-01-04 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter acquired this image of the Opportunity rover on the southwest rim of 'Santa Maria' crater on New Year's Eve 2010. Opportunity is imaging the crater's interior to better reveal the geometry of rock layers.
PIA13754:
Mars Orbiter Sees Rover Opportunity at Crater Edge
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-01-05 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows an area of layered deposits in Candor Chasma. Sheets and dunes of dark-toned sand cover the light-toned, layered bedrock.
PIA13725:
Layered Bedrock in Candor Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-01-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the surface outside this large crater is relatively dark, while the interior wall of the crater exposes lighter, layered bedrock of diverse colors.
PIA13726:
Layers Exposed in Crater Near Mawrth Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-01-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The bright areas in this image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are covered by carbon dioxide frost, and the 'swiss cheese' terrain typical of the south polar residual cap covers much of the imaged area.
PIA13727:
Circular Feature in South Polar Residual Cap
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-02-02 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows part of the floor of Rabe Crater, a large impact crater in the Southern highlands. Dark dunes cover part of crater's floor, and contrast with the surrounding bright-colored outcrops.
PIA13728:
Thumbprint Texture on Dark Dunes in Rabe Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-02-03 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Three images of the same location, taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter at different times on Mars, show seasonal activity causing sand avalanches and ripple changes on a Martian dune. Time sequence of the images progresses from top to bottom.
PIA13797:
Seasonal Changes in Northern Mars Dune Field
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-02-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This picture of a heart-shaped feature in Arabia Terra on Mars was taken on May 23, 2010, by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. A small impact crater near the tip of the heart is responsible for the formation of the bright, heart-shaped feature.
PIA13798:
Heart-Shaped Feature in Arabia Terra
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-02-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This wide-view picture of a heart-shaped feature in Arabia Terra on Mars was taken on May 23, 2010, by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. A small impact crater near the tip of the heart is responsible for the formation of the bright, heart-shaped feature
PIA13799:
Heart-Shaped Feature in Arabia Terra (Wide View)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-08 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This false-color image NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows that fractures and possible layers are visible in the light-toned rock exposure containing the carbonates. The location is inside an unnamed crater on the uplifted rim of Huygens crater.
PIA13800:
Fractures in Carbonate-Bearing Rocks at Mars' Huygens Basin
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-09 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter acquired this color image on March 9, 2011, of 'Santa Maria' crater, showing NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity perched on the southeast rim. The rover is the bluish speck on the crater rim (arrow).
PIA13803:
Opportunity is Still Smiling
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-09 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows many channels on a scarp in the Hellas impact basin. On Earth we would call these gullies. Some larger channels on Mars that are sometimes called gullies are big enough to be called ravines on Earth.
PIA13802:
True Gullies on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This cross-section view of underground layers near Mars' south pole is a radargram based on data from the Shallow Subsurface Radar (SHARAD) instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA13985:
Cross Section of Buried Carbon-Dioxide Ice on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter color-codes thickness estimates in a newly found, buried deposit of frozen carbon dioxide, dry ice, near the south pole of Mars contains ~30 times more carbon dioxide than previously estimated to be frozen near the pole.
PIA13986:
Thickness Map of Buried Carbon-Dioxide Deposit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-04-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took these images of an area near Mars' south pole where coalescing or elongated pits are interpreted as signs of an underlying deposit of frozen carbon dioxide, or 'dry ice.'
PIA13987:
Pitting from Sublimation of Underlying Dry-Ice Layer
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-08 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image shows the portion of the rim of Endeavour crater given the informal name 'Spirit Point.' This is the location where the team operating NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity plans to drive the rover to its arrival at the Endeavour rim.
PIA14134:
Opportunity's First Goal at Endeavour Crater: 'Spirit Point'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-08 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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The yellow line on this map shows where NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity has driven from the place where it landed in January 2004, inside Eagle crater, upper left end of track, to a point about 2.2 miles away from reaching the rim of Endeavour crater.
PIA14135:
Eagle to Endeavour: Opportunity's Path, Sol 2609
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-15 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows erosional features formed by seasonal frost near the south pole of Mars. During the winter, high latitudes on Mars build up deposits of carbon dioxide frost that can be several feet thick.
PIA14459:
Erosion Features near the South Pole of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-15 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This anaglyph from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows erosional features formed by seasonal frost near the south pole of Mars. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA14460:
Erosion Features near the South Pole of Mars (Anaglyph)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-15 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image of the Claritas Fossae region, characterized by systems of 'graben.' A graben forms when a block of the planet's crust drops down between two faults, due to extension, or pulling, of the crust.
PIA14461:
Faults in Claritas Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-15 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The suggested area in this observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is characterized by a group of cones, shield-like features, and round mounds. They are a few hundred meters to kilometers in diameter but their heights are unknown.
PIA14462:
Small Mounds in Chryse Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This oblique view of Gale crater shows the landing site and the mound of layered rocks that NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will investigate. The landing site is in the smooth area in front of the mound.
PIA14296:
Lower Portion of Mound Inside Gale Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Mars scientists have several important hypotheses about how these minerals may reflect changes in the amount of water on the surface of Mars. The Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, will use its full suite of instruments to study these minerals.
PIA14297:
Rock Layers in Lower Mound in Gale Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This oblique view of the mound in Gale crater shows several different rock types of interest to the Mars Science Laboratory mission. The Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity, will use its full instrument suite to study these minerals and how they form
PIA14298:
Rock Types in Gale Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Eberswalde Crater, a Finalist Not Selected as Landing Site for Curiosity
PIA14300:
Eberswalde Crater, a Finalist Not Selected as Landing Site for Curiosity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Gale Crater, the Selected Landing Site for Curiosity
PIA14301:
Gale Crater, the Selected Landing Site for Curiosity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Holden Crater, a Finalist Not Selected as Landing Site for Curiosity
PIA14302:
Holden Crater, a Finalist Not Selected as Landing Site for Curiosity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Mawrth Vallis, a Finalist Not Selected as a Landing Site for Curiosity
PIA14303:
Mawrth Vallis, a Finalist Not Selected as a Landing Site for Curiosity
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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One type of feature of scientific interest on the mountain inside Gale crater is exposure of cemented fractures, evidence that groundwater once reached to at least that height of the mountain. This image is from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA14307:
Cemented Fractures in Mountain Inside Gale Crater on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image comes from observations of Newton crater by the HiRISE camera onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter; warm-season features might be evidence of salty liquid water active on Mars today.
PIA14472:
Warm-Season Flows on Slope in Newton Crater (Six-Image Sequence)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image comes from observations of Newton crater by the HiRISE camera onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The features that extend down the slope during warm seasons are called recurring slope lineae.
PIA14473:
Warm-Season Flows on Slope in Newton Crater (Five-Image Sequence)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image comes from observations of Newton crater by the HiRISE camera onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter where features appear and incrementally grow during warm seasons and fade in cold seasons.
PIA14474:
Dark Flows in Newton Crater Extending During Summer (Six-Image Sequence)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-04 Earth Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image comes from observations of Horowitz crater by the HiRISE camera onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The features that extend down the slope during warm seasons are called recurring slope lineae.
PIA14475:
Warm-Season Flows on Slope in Horowitz Crater (Eight-Image Sequence)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.684 MB)     JPEG (231.7 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image comes from observations of Horowitz crater by the HiRISE camera onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The features that extend down the slope during warm seasons are called recurring slope lineae.
PIA14476:
Warm-Season Flows on Slope in Horowitz Crater (Nine-Image Sequence)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.994 MB)     JPEG (594.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image comes from observations of steep crater slopes on Terra Cimmeria by the HiRISE camera onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA14477:
Warm-Season Flows on Steep Slope in Slope in Terra Cimmeria (Eight-Image Sequence)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.837 MB)     JPEG (404.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image comes from observations of a well-preserved crater on Terra Cimmeria by the HiRISE camera onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA14478:
Warm-Season Flows in Well-Preserved Crater in Terra Sirenum (Six-Image Sequence)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, combining orbital imagery with 3-D modeling, shows flows that appear in spring and summer on a slope inside Mars' Newton crater. The source observation was made May 30, 2011, by the HiRISE camera onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA14479:
Oblique View of Warm Season Flows in Newton Crater
Full Resolution:     TIFF (5.519 MB)     JPEG (285.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image contrasts gullies and recurring warm-season slope flows appearing in the same crater, in the middle southern latitudes of Mars. It was taken Nov. 27, 2007, by the HiRISE camera onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA14501:
Gullies and Newly Identified Flow Features in Same Mars Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image shows warm-season flows on a north-facing slope in middle southern latitudes of Mars. It was taken by the HiRISE camera onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on June 24, 2011. The season was summer in Mars' southern hemisphere.
PIA14502:
Site of Warm Season Flows in Mars Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, taken by the HiRISE camera onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is of a gully on a south-facing slope in middle southern latitudes of Mars.
PIA14503:
Changes in a Gully in a Mars Crater (Two-Image Comparison)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-05 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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The yellow line on this map shows where NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity has driven from the place where it landed in January 2004, inside Eagle crater, at the upper left end of the track, to a point approaching the rim of Endeavour crater.
PIA14504:
Opportunity's Route to Endeavour Crater
Full Resolution:     TIFF (5.635 MB)     JPEG (260 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-05 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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The yellow line on this map shows where NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity has driven from the place where it landed in January 2004, inside Eagle crater, at the upper left end of the track, to a point approaching the rim of Endeavour crater.
PIA14505:
Opportunity's Route to Endeavour Crater (Wide View)
Full Resolution:     TIFF (2.15 MB)     JPEG (101 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2011-09-01 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This map shows route driven by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity from the site of its landing, inside Eagle crater at the upper left, to its location more than 91 months later, on the Cape York section of the rim of Endeavour crater.
PIA14536:
Opportunity Traverses Through 2,700 Martian Days
Full Resolution:     TIFF (45.26 MB)     JPEG (6.766 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2011-09-01 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
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This image taken from orbit shows the path driven by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity in the weeks around the rover's arrival at the rim of Endeavour crater.
PIA14537:
Opportunity's First Neighborhood on Rim of Endeavour
Full Resolution:     TIFF (142.2 MB)     JPEG (5.631 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2011-10-05 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The colorful rocks exposed in the central peak visible in this image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter probably reflect variations in mineral content that were caused by water activity early in Mars' history.
PIA14890:
Colorful Central Peak in an Unnamed Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-11-02 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Investigation of exposed clay minerals at thousands of Martian sites by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests a long period of wet, warm conditions, mostly underground.
PIA14764:
Clay Minerals in Craters and Escarpments on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-11-17 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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A rippled patch of sand in Becquerel Crater on Mars moved about two meters (about two yards) between November 24, 2006 and September 5, 2010, in one of two images taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA14876:
Blowing in the Martian Wind Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-11-17 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The eastern margin of a rippled dune in Herschel Crater on Mars moved an average distance of three meters (about three yards) between March 3, 2007 and December 1, 2010, in one of two images taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA14877:
Shifting Sand in Herschel Crater Animation Icon
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A rippled dune front in Herschel Crater on Mars moved an average of about two meters (about two yards) between March 3, 2007 and December 1, 2010, as seen in one of two images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA14878:
Rippling Dune Front in Herschel Crater on Mars Animation Icon
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A rippled dune front in Herschel Crater on Mars moved an average of about one meter (about one yard) between March 3, 2007 and December 1, 2010, as seen in one of two images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA14879:
Rippling Dune Front in Herschel Crater on Mars Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-11-17 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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A dune in the northern polar region of Mars shows significant changes between June 25, 2008 and May 21, 2010 in one of two images taken on by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA14880:
Movement in Martian Dune Field Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-11-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Rhythmic patterns of sedimentary layering in Danielson Crater on Mars result from periodic changes in climate related to changes in tilt of the planet in this image was taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA15092:
Rhythmic Layering in Danielson Crater on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-11-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Recent small craters discovered by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter expose buried ice in the middle latitudes of Mars. This ice is a record of past climate change.
PIA15096:
Fresh Crater Revealing Buried Ice
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-11-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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On ancient Mars, water carved channels and transported sediments to form fans and deltas within lake basins. Spectral data acquired by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, indicate chemical alteration by water.
PIA15097:
Chemical Alteration by Water, Jezero Crater Delta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-11-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Thick stacks of clay minerals indicate chemical alteration of thick stacks of rock by interaction with liquid water on ancient Mars as seen in this image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA15098:
Chemical Alteration by Water, Mawrth Vallis
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-11-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Sulfates are found overlying clay minerals in sediments within Columbus Crater, a depression that likely hosted a lake in the past in this image based on information from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA15099:
Sulfates and Clays in Columbus Crater, Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-11-28 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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Gale Crater, where the rover Curiosity of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission will land in August 2012, contains a mountain rising from the crater floor.
PIA15101:
Oblique View of Gale Crater, Mars, with Vertical Exaggeration
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This artist's impression Mars' Gale Crater depicts a cross section through the mountain in the middle of the crater, from a viewpoint looking toward the southeast. NASA's rover Curiosity will land in Gale Crater in August 2012.
PIA15102:
Cross Section of Gale Crater, Mars (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-12-07 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter depicts a scene from early spring in the northern hemisphere of Mars. These dunes are covered with a layer of seasonal carbon dioxide ice (dry ice).
PIA14861:
Edge of North Polar Erg
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This view from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows portions of the western rim of Endeavour Crater on Mars from a perspective looking toward the northwest.
PIA15111:
West Rim of Endeavour with Vertical Exaggeration
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This graphic combines a perspective view from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter of the 'Botany Bay' and 'Cape York' areas of the rim of Endeavour Crater on Mars, and an inset with mapping-spectrometer data.
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'Botany Bay' and 'Cape York' with Vertical Exaggeration
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity will spend its fifth Martian winter working at a location informally named 'Greeley Haven.' This image indicates the location of Greeley Haven on Cape York.
PIA15276:
Locator Map for 'Greeley Haven' on Endeavour Rim
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This enhanced-color image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows sand dunes trapped in an impact crater in Noachis Terra, Mars.
PIA15283:
Dunes in Noachis Terra Region of Mars
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Near the lower left corner of this view is the three-petal lander platform that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit drove off in January 2004. The lander is still bright, but with a reddish color, probably due to accumulation of Martian dust.
PIA15038:
Spirit Lander and Bonneville Crater in Color
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This image, taken Jan. 26, 2012, shows the back shell of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft after its second Martian arctic winter.
PIA15039:
Phoenix Back Shell After Second Martian Winter
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This image, taken Jan. 26, 2012, shows NASA's no-longer-active Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft after its second Martian arctic winter.
PIA15110:
Phoenix Lander After Second Martian Winter
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A towering dust devil casts a serpentine shadow over the Martian surface in this image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The scene is a late-spring afternoon in the Amazonis Planitia region of northern Mars.
PIA15116:
The Serpent Dust Devil of Mars
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows some of the weirdest and least-understood landscapes on Mars are on the floor of the deep Hellas impact basin.
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Lava Lamp Terrain on the Floor of Hellas Basin
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a wonderful case of aeolian sandstone that preserves its original sand dune bedform shapes and lies unconformably over a previously-eroded surface of layered sedimentary rock.
PIA14432:
Cratered Dune Forms
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These dark sand dunes in the North polar region, basking in the sunshine of late spring, have shed most of their seasonal layer of winter ice in this image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA14433:
Summer is on Its Way
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter covers a region of Mars near Nili Fossae that contains some of the best exposures of ancient bedrock on Mars.
PIA14434:
A Wild Assortment of Jumbled Rocks
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A Martian dust devil was captured winding its way along the Amazonis Planitia region of Northern Mars on March 14, 2012 NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA15545:
Mars' Whirling Dust Devil Animation Icon
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This image, from an animation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a dark, rippled sand dune overlying bright-toned rock.
PIA15295:
Advancing Dune in Nili Patera, Mars Animation Icon
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This image, one of two from a two-image animation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows movement of ripples covering a sand dune on Mars.
PIA15680:
Ripple Movement on Sand Dune in Nili Patera, Mars Animation Icon
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This close-up image of a dust storm on Mars was acquired by the Mars Color Imager instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Nov. 7, 2007. This image is centered on Utopia Planitia.
PIA15959:
Martian Dust Storm
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This global map of Mars was acquired on Aug. 2, 2012, by the Mars Color Imager instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. One global map is generated each day to forecast weather conditions for the entry, descent and landing of NASA's Curiosity.
PIA15962:
Mars Weather Map, Aug. 2, 2012
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This global map of Mars was acquired on Oct. 28, 2008, by the Mars Color Imager instrument on NASA's MRO. One global map is generated each day to forecast weather conditions for the entry, descent and landing of NASA's Curiosity rover.
PIA15963:
Mars Weather Map, 2008
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This global map of Mars was acquired on Aug. 4, 2012, by the Mars Color Imager instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to forecast weather conditions for the entry, descent and landing of NASA's Curiosity rover.
PIA15968:
Mars Weather Map, Aug. 4, 2012
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NASA's Curiosity rover and its parachute were spotted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as Curiosity descended to the surface. The HiRISE camera captured this image of Curiosity while the orbiter was listening to transmissions from the rover.
PIA15978:
Curiosity Spotted on Parachute by Orbiter
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NASA's Curiosity rover and its parachute were spotted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as Curiosity descended to the surface. The HiRISE camera captured this image of Curiosity while the orbiter was listening to transmissions from the rover.
PIA15979:
Curiosity Spotted on Parachute by Orbiter
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NASA's Curiosity rover and its parachute were spotted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as Curiosity descended to the surface on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT). Curiosity and its parachute are in the center of the white box.
PIA15980:
Curiosity Spotted on Parachute by Orbiter
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NASA's Curiosity rover and its parachute were spotted by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as Curiosity descended to the surface on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT). Curiosity and its parachute are in the small white box at center.
PIA15983:
Curiosity Flying Over Mars
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This close-up view shows Curiosity's heat shield, which helped the rover survive the harrowing journey through the Martian atmosphere, on the surface of Mars. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter about 24 hours after landing.
PIA15997:
Final Resting Spot for Curiosity's Heat Shield
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This close-up view shows the rover Curiosity's parachute and back shell strewn across the surface of Mars. The image was captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter about 24 hours after the parachute helped guide the rover to the surface.
PIA15998:
Evidence of a Job Well Done
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This close-up view captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows darkened radial jets caused by the impact of Curiosity's sky crane, which helped deliver the rover to the surface of Mars.
PIA15999:
Signs of the Sky Crane's Impact
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This close-up view shows NASA's Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars. The image was captured by the NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter about 24 hours after the rover made its grand appearance on Mars.
PIA16000:
Curiosity Spotted!
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This image from an animation is from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) showing the landing effects of the descent stage, the rover lander, the back shell and parachute, and the heat shield, all found on the left side of the image.
PIA16014:
Before and After Curiosity's Touchdown Animation Icon
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Ballasts Hitting the Surface, Close-Up (with arrows)
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Ballasts Hitting the Surface, Close-Up (with arrows) Animation Icon
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This still image from an animation shows the effects of weights from the entry vehicle of NASA's Curiosity rover hitting the surface of Mars.
PIA16016:
Ballasts Hitting the Surface, Close-Up Animation Icon
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter obtained this color image with the Mars Descent Imager aboard NASA's Curiosity rover during its descent to the surface. Curiosity landed on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT).
PIA16019:
A Better Look of the Martian Surface Animation Icon
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This image shows the quadrangle where NASA's Curiosity rover landed, within the expansive Gale Crater. The mission's science team has divided the landing region into several square quadrangles, or quads, of interest about 1-mile (1.3-kilometers) wide.
PIA16030:
Curiosity's Quad
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The geological context for the landing site of NASA's Curiosity rover is visible in this image mosaic obtained by the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA16031:
Staking out Curiosity's Landing Site
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This global map of Mars was acquired on Aug. 5, 2012, by the Mars Color Imager instrument on NASA's MRO. One global map is generated each day to forecast weather conditions for the entry, descent and landing of NASA's Curiosity rover.
PIA16037:
Mars Weather Map, Aug. 5
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This color-enhanced view, taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as the satellite flew overhead, shows the terrain around the Curiosity's landing site within Gale Crater on Mars. The rover is seen as the circular object.
PIA16056:
A Whole New World for Curiosity
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This color-enhanced view of NASA's Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars was taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as the satellite flew overhead. The descent stage blast pattern around the rover is clearly seen as relatively blue colors.
PIA16057:
Curiosity in Exaggerated Color
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Details such as the shadow of the mast on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity appear in an image taken Aug. 17, 2012, by the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, from more directly overhead than previous HiRISE images of Curiosity.
PIA15696:
Orbiter View of Curiosity From Nearly Straight Overhead
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Observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have detected carbon-dioxide snow clouds on Mars and evidence of carbon-dioxide snow falling to the surface.
PIA16138:
Carbon-Dioxide Snowfall on Mars
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This map shows the route driven by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity through the 43rd Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission on Mars (Sept. 19, 2012). The route starts where the rover touched down, a site subsequently named Bradbury Landing.
PIA16153:
Curiosity Traverse Map Through Sol 43
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A distinctive 'pitted terrain' observed by NASA's Dawn mission on asteroid Vesta has also been seen on Mars. The morphologies of pits are similar on both bodies, with irregular shapes and sharp angles where pits share walls.
PIA16185:
Pitted Terrain on Mars and Vesta
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