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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-09-25 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
MAHLI
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This image from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows an example of a type of geometrically distinctive feature that researchers are using Curiosity to examine at a mudstone outcrop at the base of Mount Sharp.
PIA18610:
Resistant Features in 'Pahrump Hills' Outcrop
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-09-25 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
MAHLI
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This image from the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the first sample-collection hole drilled in Mount Sharp, the layered mountain that is the science destination of the rover's extended mission.
PIA18609:
First Sampling Hole in Mount Sharp
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-09-09 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This false-color scene from the Pancam on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity looks back toward part of the west rim of Endeavour Crater that the rover drove along, heading southward, during the summer of 2014.
PIA18605:
Rover Tracks in Northward View Along West Rim of Endeavour, False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-09-09 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This scene from the Pancam on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity looks back toward part of the west rim of Endeavour Crater that the rover drove along, heading southward, during the summer of 2014.
PIA18604:
Rover Tracks in Northward View Along West Rim of Endeavour
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-08-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a landslide deposit within a complex crater (note the ejecta to the top and bottom of the image). There is a smaller complex crater on the ejecta to the north of the larger crater.
PIA18690:
Landslide
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-07-16 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
ChemCam
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A Martian target rock called 'Nova,' shown here, displayed an increasing concentration of aluminum as a series of laser shots from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover penetrated through dust on the rock's surface.
PIA18388:
Curiosity's ChemCam Examines Mars Rock Target 'Nova'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-07-11 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows more north polar dunes. If you compare multiple dune images, you will see that the dunes can take different forms and cover different amounts of the plains.
PIA18505:
More Polar Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-07-09 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
ChemCam
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Scientists used the ChemCam instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover to examine a Martian rock 'shell' about one inch across, embedded in bedrock and with a hollow interior.
PIA18396:
Martian Rock and Dust Filling Studied with Laser and Camera
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-22 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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The largest crater associated with a March 2012 impact on Mars has many smaller craters around it, revealed in this image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA18384:
Large, Fresh Crater Surrounded by Smaller Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-05-15 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
MAHLI
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This May 12, 2014, view from NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover shows the rock target 'Windjana' and its immediate surroundings after inspection of the site by the rover by drilling and other activities.
PIA18092:
Mars Rock 'Windjana' After Examination
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-04-17 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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A false-color self-portrait of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity taken by the rover's panoramic camera (Pancam) shows effects of recent winds removing much of the dust from the solar arrays.
PIA18080:
Self-Portrait by Freshly Cleaned Opportunity Mars Rover, False Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-04-17 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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A self-portrait of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity taken by the rover's panoramic camera (Pancam) in late March 2014 shows effects of recent winds removing much of the dust from the rover's solar arrays.
PIA18079:
Self-Portrait by Freshly Cleaned Opportunity Mars Rover in March 2014
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-04-16 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Navcam (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Navigation Camera (Navcam) on April 11, 2014, to record this stereo scene of a butte called 'Mount Remarkable' and surrounding outcrops. You need 3-D glasses to view this image.
PIA18084:
Stereo View of 'Mount Remarkable' and Surrounding Outcrops at Mars Rover's Waypoint
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-04-16 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Navcam (MSL)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Navigation Camera (Navcam) on April 11, 2014, to record this scene of a butte called 'Mount Remarkable' and surrounding outcrops at a waypoint called 'the Kimberley' inside Gale Crater.
PIA18083:
'Mount Remarkable' and Surrounding Outcrops at Mars Rover's Waypoint
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-03-10 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Multiple channels dissect the northwestern flank of Hecates Tholus in this image as seen by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA18101:
Hecates Tholus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-03-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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Multiple channels dissect the northern flank of Ceraunius Tholus in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA18066:
Ceraunius Tholus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-03-05 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spies an impact crater located in northern Sinus Meridiani has formed along the boundary of two different terrain units.
PIA18110:
A Crater Straddling Two Terrain Units
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-03-05 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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Multiple overlapping lobes of ejecta are visible in this image of an unnamed crater in Chryse Planitia as seen by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA18065:
Crater Ejecta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-02-25 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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The multiple channels seen in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft dissect the northwestern margin of Alba Mons. The channels are called Rubicon Valles.
PIA18025:
Rubicon Valles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-02-13 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a dune field in a large crater near Mawrth Vallis; some of the dunes appear to be in 'V' formation.
PIA17981:
Dunes Flying in Formation
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-12-09 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
CTX
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This illustration depicts a concept for the possible extent of an ancient lake inside Gale Crater. The base map combines image data from the Context Camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and color information from Viking Orbiter imagery.
PIA17596:
Possible Extent of Ancient Lake in Gale Crater, Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-12-05 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
ChemCam
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This graph shows a spectrum recorded by the Chemistry and Camera instrument (ChemCam) in NASA's Curiosity Mars rover; it is is typical of Martian volcanic (basalt) material.
PIA17593:
ChemCam Spectrum from Martian Rock Target 'Ithaca'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-09-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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Multiple channels dissect the rim of this unnamed crater in Noachis Terra as seen by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA17425:
Rim Channels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-08-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This observation captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a small crater in within the much larger Pollack Crater containing light-toned material.
PIA17639:
Small Crater within Pollack Crater Containing Light-Toned Material
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-08-14 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Navigation Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera (Navcam) to record this image of the northern end of 'Solander Point,' a raised section of the western rim of Endeavour Crater.
PIA17088:
Northern Tip of 'Solander Point' on Endeavour Crater Rim
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-07-04 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows multiple craters on Mars resembling a baby bug following the larger mama bug.
PIA17310:
THEMIS Art #109
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-06-19 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Mastcam
Navcam (MSL)
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This image from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows Curiosity at the 'Rocknest' site where the rover scooped up samples of windblown dust and sand.
PIA16919:
Billion-Pixel View From Curiosity at Rock Nest, Raw Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-06-19 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Mastcam
Navcam (MSL)
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This image from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows Curiosity at the 'Rocknest' site where the rover scooped up samples of windblown dust and sand.
PIA16918:
Billion-Pixel View From Curiosity at Rock Nest, White-Balanced
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-06-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
MCS
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This graphic depicts the Mars Climate Sounder instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter measuring the temperature of a cross section of the Martian atmosphere as the orbiter passes above the south polar region.
PIA17263:
Scanning Martian Atmospheric Temperatures (Graphic)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-06-07 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
HiRISE
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A stereo pair of images from taken from Mars orbit were used to generate a digital elevation model that is the basis for this simulated perspective view of 'Cape York,' 'Botany Bay,' and 'Solander Point' on the western rim of Endeavour Crater.
PIA17076:
Perspective View of 'Botany Bay' and Surroundings, With Vertical Exaggeration
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-05-01 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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When boulders roll down a dusty Martian slope, they can leave long, dotted tracks behind on the slope surface as seen in this observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA17870:
Watch for Falling Rocks!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-03-07 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Shallow Subsurface Radar (SHARAD)
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This illustration schematically shows where the Shallow Radar instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter detected flood channels that had been buried by lava flows in the Elysium Planitia region of Mars.
PIA16767:
Visualization of Buried Marte Vallis Channels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-02-04 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
ChemCam
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This head-on view shows the tip of the drill bit on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity. The view merges two exposures taken by the remote micro-imager in the rover's ChemCam instrument at different focus settings.
PIA16719:
Drill Bit Tip on Mars Rover Curiosity, Head-on View
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-02-04 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
ChemCam
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The shape of the tip of the bit in the drill of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is apparent in this view recorded by the remote micro-imager in the rover's ChemCam instrument on Mars. Jan. 29, 2012; the bit is about 0.6 inch (1.6 centimeters) wide.
PIA16718:
Drill Bit Tip on Mars Rover Curiosity, Side View
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-12-03 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (MSL)
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This graph compares the elemental composition of typical soils at three landing regions on Mars: Gusev Crater, from Spirit; Meridiani Planum, from Opportunity; and now Gale Crater, where NASA's newest Curiosity rover is currently investigating.
PIA16572:
Inspecting Soils Across Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-09-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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Multiple channels in this image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey dissect this region on the margin of Terra Sabaea on Mars.
PIA15946:
Channels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-09-07 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Navigation Camera
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This 360-degree vertical projection was assembled from images taken by the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exporation Rover Opportunity shows terrain surrounding the position where the rover spent its 3,000th Martian day.
PIA16125:
Opportunity's Surroundings on 3,000th Sol, Vertical Projection
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-09-07 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Navigation Camera
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This 360-degree polar projection was assembled from images taken by the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exporation Rover Opportunity shows terrain surrounding the position where the rover spent its 3,000th Martian day.
PIA16124:
Opportunity's Surroundings on 3,000th Sol, Polar Projection
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-09-07 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Navigation Camera
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This 360-degree stereo panorama assembled from images taken by the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exporation Rover Opportunity shows terrain surrounding the position where the rover spent its 3,000th Martian day working on Mars (July 2, 2012).
PIA16123:
Opportunity's Surroundings on 3,000th Sol, in 3-D
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-09-07 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Navigation Camera
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This 3D 360-degree panorama assembled from images taken by the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exporation Rover Opportunity. The Sol 3000 site is near the northern tip of the Cape York segment of the western rim of Endeavour Crater.
PIA16122:
Opportunity's Surroundings on 3,000th Sol
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-09-06 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
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This engineering drawing shows the five devices that make up the turret at the end of the arm on NASA's Curiosity rover. These include: the drill for acquiring powdered samples from interiors of rocks.
PIA16145:
Tools at Curiosity's 'Fingertips'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-09-06 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
HiRISE
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After a rocket-powered descent stage, also known as the sky crane, delivered NASA's Curiosity rover to Mars on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT), 2012, it flew away and fell to the surface.
PIA16143:
Dissecting the Scene of Sky Crane Crash
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-07-05 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This full-circle scene combines 817 images, taken by the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, showing the terrain that surrounded the rover while it was stationary for four months of work during its most recent Martian winter.
PIA15689:
'Greeley Panorama' from Opportunity's Fifth Martian Winter (False Color)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-06-14 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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Daedalia Planum is comprised of enormous amounts of lava flows, the majority of which appear to be related to Arsia Mons. In this image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft, multiple overlapping flows are evident.
PIA15725:
Daedalia Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-06-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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The channel in this image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft is located in northern Terra Sabaea and runs semi-parallel to Auqakuh Vallis.
PIA15719:
Channel
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-05-25 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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Multiple landslide deposits are visible in this image of Ganges Chasma captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA15711:
Ganges Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-01-05 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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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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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-01-05 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This false color mosaic from NASA's rover Opportunity shows a north-facing outcrop, informally named 'Greeley Haven.' This site optimizes Opportunity's solar energy as winter approaches.
PIA15275:
'Greeley Haven' Site for Opportunity's Fifth Martian Winter (False Color)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-01-05 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This mosaic shows a north-facing outcrop, informally named 'Greeley Haven.' The site is near the northern tip of the 'Cape York' segment of the western rim of Endeavour Crater.
PIA15119:
'Greeley Haven' Site for Opportunity's Fifth Martian Winter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-01-05 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Navigation Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to capture this view of a northward-facing outcrop, 'Greeley Haven,' where the rover will work during its fifth Martian winter.
PIA15118:
Approaching 'Greeley Haven' on Endeavour Rim
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-12-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft of the eastern flank of Ascraeus Mons shows multiple collapse features.
PIA15208:
Ascraeus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-10-25 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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Multiple channels dissect the rim of Bakhuysen Crater in Noachis Terra in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
PIA14971:
Crater Rim Channels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-08-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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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 2011-07-22 Mars Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
MOLA
THEMIS
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This computer-generated view based on multiple orbital observations shows Mars' Gale crater as if seen from an aircraft northwest of the crater. NASA has selected Gale as the landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory mission.
PIA14292:
Oblique view of Gale Crater from the Northwest
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-07-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)
MOLA
THEMIS
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This computer-generated view based on multiple orbital observations shows Mars' Gale crater. NASA is considering Gale as a possible landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory mission.
PIA14291:
Oblique view of Gale Crater from the North
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey is of the south polar cap shows the tip of a trough and the surface surrounding it.
PIA13944:
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-02-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
CTX
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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 2011-02-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
CTX
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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 2011-01-20 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity spent the seventh anniversary of its landing on Mars investigating a crater called 'Santa Maria,' which has a diameter about the length of a football field. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA13796:
Stereo Panorama of 'Santa Maria' Crater for Opportunity's Anniversary
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-01-20 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity spent its seventh anniversary of its landing on Mars investigating a crater called 'Santa Maria,' which has a diameter about the length of a football field.
PIA13795:
Panorama of 'Santa Maria' Crater for Opportunity's Anniversary (False Color)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-01-20 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is spending the seventh anniversary of its landing on Mars investigating a crater called 'Santa Maria,' which has a diameter about the length of a football field. This scene looks eastward across the crater.
PIA13794:
Color Panorama of 'Santa Maria' Crater for Opportunity's Anniversary
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-16 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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Rising highest above the horizon in the right half of the image, captured by NASA's Mars Exporation Rover, is a portion of the western rim of Endeavour Crater including a ridge informally named 'Cape Tribulation.'
PIA13709:
Super-Resolution View of Cape Tribulation, Sol 2298
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-12-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
THEMIS
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The triple tails of windstreaks behind these small craters in Arabia Terra indicate multiple wind directions in the area in this image from NASA's Mars Odyssey.
PIA13711:
Triple Tails of Windstreaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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The crater shown in this image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has very few craters superposed on it, which attests to its youth. It also has very steep slopes and a sharp rim; more evidence of its young age.
PIA13611:
Fresh Crater with Gullies
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-11-03 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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NASA's Mars Odyssey captured this image of Ulysses Fossae, located in the Tharsis Volcanic region. Cross cutting tectonic fractures indicate that this region underwent stresses in multiple directions.
PIA13232:
Ulysses Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-25 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a Southern hemisphere crater with gullies, dunes, periglacial modification, bright rock deposits, and dust devil tracks.
PIA13538:
Southern Hemisphere Crater with Dune Field
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-19 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
HiRISE
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This observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter covers a portion of the Martian equatorial plains called Elysium Planitia. In this location, lava that was once flowing across the surface interacted with multiple obstructions.
PIA13484:
Flow Obstructions and Wakes Southeast of Elysium Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-09-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a channel within a region of chaos NW of Nili Fossae; on Mars, the term 'chaos' terrain is given to regions where areas of the surface are broken up into multiple mesas divided by low valleys.
PIA13392:
Chaos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-10 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows multiple landslide deposits within Ganges Chasma.
PIA13326:
Ganges Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-06-29 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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This image from NASA's rover Opportunity shows mostly a portion of Endeavour's western rim (left); a paler-looking terrain on the horizon beyond Endeavour (right) is part of a thick deposit of material ejected by the impact that excavated Iazu Crater.
PIA13197:
Super-Resolution View of Endeavour Rim, Sol 2239
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-03-02 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Shallow Subsurface Radar (SHARAD)
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has detected widespread deposits of glacial ice in the mid-latitudes of Mars. This map of a region known as Deuteronilus Mensae, in the northern hemisphere, shows locations of the detected ice deposits in blue.
PIA12861:
Glacial Ice Deposits in Mid-Latitudes of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-12-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image, taken by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft, shows multiple craters with windstreak 'tails.'
PIA12415:
Windstreaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-02 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows multiple layers at the end of Mars' polar cap as summer ends at the south pole.
PIA12247:
Polar Layers
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-08-31 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This 2001 Mars Odyssey image of Capri Chasma shows multiple landslide deposits on Mars.
PIA11940:
Capri Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-08-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey image shows multiple landslides are visible in this daytime infrared image of Capri Chasma on Mars.
PIA11939:
Capri Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a windstreak located on the volcanic flows east of Pavonis Mons. The multiple tail ends indicate the direction of the wind has changed over time. The darkest tail is the most recent.
PIA11337:
Windstreak
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows multiple landslides of a crater in Tyrrhena Terra. The landslides might be related to the multiple impact events which formed this complex of craters.
PIA11310:
Landslides
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-12 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit acquired this mosaic on May 21, 2007, while investigating the area east of the elevated plateau known as 'Home Plate' in the 'Columbia Hills.' 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA11755:
Rover's Wheel Churns Up Bright Martian Soil (Stereo)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-18 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
CRISM
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Four Types of Deposits From Wet Conditions on Early Mars
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Four Types of Deposits From Wet Conditions on Early Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-14 Mars Phoenix
MECA
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This image shows the eight sharp tips of the NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Atomic Force Microscope, or AFM. The AFM is part of Phoenix's Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer, or MECA.
PIA11041:
Sharp Tips on the Atomic Force Microscope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-14 Mars Phoenix
MECA
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A scientific illustration of the operation of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Atomic Force Microscope, or AFM. The AFM is part of Phoenix's Microscopy, Electrochemistry, and Conductivity Analyzer, or MECA.
PIA11040:
Atomic Force Microscope Operation Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-27 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows multiple channels at the bottom of the image dissecting the northern rim of Cerulli Crater.
PIA10823:
Cerulli Channels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-26 Mars Phoenix
Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This image shows a microscopic view of fine-grained material at the tip of the Robotic Arm scoop as seen by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on June 20, 2008. Small clumps of fine, fluffy, red soil particles were collected in a sample called 'Rosy Red.'
PIA10921:
'Rosy Red' Soil in Scoop
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-26 Mars Phoenix
Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This image shows a microscopic view of fine-grained material at the tip of the Robotic Arm scoop as seen by the Robotic Arm Camera (RAC) aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on June 20, 2008, the 26th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
PIA10918:
Pan and Zoom of 'Rosy Red' Soil in Scoop Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-06-04 Mars Phoenix
Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows 3 images of a handful of martian soil the robotic arm scoop dug from the digging site informally called 'Knave of Hearts,' from the trench informally called 'Dodo' on June 1, 2008.
PIA10758:
Color Views of Soil Scooped on Sol 9
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-09 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
CRISM
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The Minerals of Aureum Chaos
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The Minerals of Aureum Chaos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows where a meteor which impacted Mars close together causing three craters to be created simultaneously.
PIA10329:
Triplet Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Coprates Chasma on Mars containing a landslide deposit and multiple dunes.
PIA10324:
Coprates Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-03 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
CRISM
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Complex Sulfate Deposits in Coprates Chasma
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Complex Sulfate Deposits in Coprates Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-03-28 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Livonia, New York, Students Study Past Martian Water
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Livonia, New York, Students Study Past Martian Water
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-03-06 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
CRISM
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Mono- and Polyhydrated Sulfates in Tithonium Chasma
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Mono- and Polyhydrated Sulfates in Tithonium Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-02-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Mono- & Polyhydrated Sulfates in Aureum Chaos
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Mono- & Polyhydrated Sulfates in Aureum Chaos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-02-14 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the western rim of a crater on Mars containing multiple groups of dark slope streaks. These streaks are created when surface dust slides downward, revealing the darker material beneath.
PIA10277:
Dark Slope Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-25 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows multiple gullies located on the northwestern rim of this unnamed crater in Terra Cimmeria.
PIA10264:
Gullies
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-23 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the high cliff face of the Cape Verde promontory was taken by the rover from inside Victoria Crater, during the rover's descent into Duck Bay in November, 2007.
PIA10209:
Cape Verde
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-11 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
CRISM
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NASA's CRISM onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Mars' seasonal caps consist of frozen carbon dioxide mixed with smaller amounts of water ice frost and dust.
PIA10137:
Carbon-Dioxide Frost Settling from Seasonal Outbursts on Mars (Movie) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-11-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows an ejecta blanket surrounding this relatively fresh crater on Mars clearly showing the multiple layers that can be formed during the impact event.
PIA10044:
Ejecta Blanket
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows an unnamed central peak crater east of Hadriaca Patera on Mars. The crater rim is cut by multiple channels and part of the rim has failed.
PIA09463:
Polar Textures
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-20 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows an unnamed central peak crater east of Hadriaca Patera on Mars. The crater rim is cut by multiple channels and part of the rim has failed.
PIA09462:
Crater Modification
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-25 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the floor of an unnamed crater in Aonia Terra has been filled with multiple layers of material.
PIA09422:
Layered Fill
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