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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-24 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This image shows the temperature of the martian surface measured by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor Thermal Emission Spectrometer instrument. On September 15, 3 hours and 48 minutes after the spacecrafts third close approach to the planet.
PIA00937:
MGS Thermal Emission Spectrometer Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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An abundance of pyroxene at Syrtis Major on Mars is seen in this image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01017:
Pyroxene at Syrtis Major
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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The surface temperature at Mars' south polar region is seen in this image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01018:
Mars - Surface Temperature South Polar Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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Water ice clouds on Mars are seen in this image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01019:
Mars - Water Ice Clouds
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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Temperatures on Mars detected by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer are seen in this image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01020:
MGS/TES Temperatures
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-01-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This image shows the concentration of hematite measured NASA's Mars Global Surveyor. The abundance of hematite is shown in red, with increasing brightness indicating increasing hematite abundance.
PIA01339:
Hematite Abundance on Martian Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-01-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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Observations by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor covering one half martian year allow scientists to follow the development of the northern winter polar vortex. This high speed west wind builds up from fall to maximum strength in winter.
PIA01340:
Measurements of the Martian Winds for Three Seasons
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This image shows the nighttime temperature of the Martian surface as measured by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) instrument onboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA02014:
Temperature of the Martian Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This image shows the nighttime temperatures measured by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) instrument onboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor wrapped on to a globe.
PIA02015:
Martian Temperatures Measured by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES). Pathfinder Landing Aite View
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This image shows the nighttime temperatures measured by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) instrument onboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor wrapped on to a globe.
PIA02016:
Martian Temperatures Measured by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES). Isidis Planitia View
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows spectral characteristics that indicate the occurrence of relatively-coarsely crystalline hematite over a large area near 0° latitude and 0° longitude on Mars.
PIA02056:
Hematite Map (TES)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the seasonal change of the south polar ice cap on Mars over a four-month period mapped by color-coding the variation in 25-micron wavelength brightness temperatures.
PIA02057:
South Polar Cap Thermal Retreat (TES)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows variation of dust content with time showing the growth of a storm on Mars.
PIA02061:
Growth of a Dust Storm (TES)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows surface, atmospheric dust, and atmospheric water-ice clouds have been observed as approximate spectral end-members as well as in combinations.
PIA02062:
Observed Spectral Classes (TES)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-17 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows cold spots attributed to surface spectral emissivity effects on Mars.
PIA02307:
TES overlayed on MOLA DEM
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-08-31 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the equatorial region of Mars where both the Pathfinder and Viking 1 spacecraft landed.
PIA02320:
New Views of Mars from the Thermal Emission Spectrometer Instrument
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-09-18 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the Mars Polar Lander landing site noon-time temperatures in January, 1998.
PIA02327:
Mars Polar Lander Landing Site Noon-time Temperatures
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-09-18 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows slab ice and snow flurries in the Mars northern polar night.
PIA02328:
Slab Ice and Snow Flurries in the Mars Northern Polar Night
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-09-18 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the mapping of Mars' polar cap recession, surface and atmospheric temperatures, and albedo features found within the seasonal cap itself.
PIA02332:
Dark Dry Ice on Southern Cap - Lambert Albedo Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-09-18 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a thermal image of dark dry ice on Mars' southern cap.
PIA02333:
Dark Dry Ice on Southern Cap - Thermal Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-01-17 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows two views of Mars derived from MGS Thermal Emission Spectrometer measurements of global broadband (0.3 - ~3.0 microns) visible and near-infrared reflectance, also known as albedo.
PIA02816:
Mars Albedo
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-01-17 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the global thermal inertia of the Martian surface as measured by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer instrument.
PIA02818:
Mars Thermal Inertia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This plot from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the estimated change in dust levels from December 2003 to early January 2004 at Gusev Crater (red curve) and Meridiani Planum (black curve) on Mars.
PIA05010:
Dust in the Wind
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a graph illustrating that models used to predict the atmospheric entry details of the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit were right on track.
PIA05035:
Lessons from Spirit's Landing
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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Seasonal Trend in Water Vapor Seen from Orbit
PIA07102:
Seasonal Trend in Water Vapor Seen from Orbit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-19 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the daily abundance of dust in the martian atmosphere over a period of three full martian years, from April 1999 through February 2005.
PIA04297:
Three Years of Monitoring Mars' Atmospheric Dust (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-19 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows temperatures outlining the growth and retreat of the martian northern and southern polar ice caps. The caps grow in winter and are composed of carbon dioxide ice.
PIA04298:
Five Years of Monitoring Mars' Daytime Surface Temperatures (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
THEMIS
THEMIS
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This image shows the abundance and location of the mineral grey hematite at NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's landing site, Meridiani Planum, Mars.
PIA05154:
Targeting a Hematite-rich Terrain
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Radio Science Subsystem
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows vertical temperature and pressure structure observed in the northern and southern hemispheres of Mars.
PIA02060:
Radio-Occultation Profiles (RS)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Imaging Radar
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a vertical gravity map of Mars color-coded in mgals based on radio tracking. Note correlations and lack of correlations with the global topography.
PIA02054:
Mars Gravity Map (RS)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-28 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the outcrop-rimmed 'Beagle Crater' appearing on the horizon as the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity approached it on June 20, 2006. Blocks of ejecta can be seen around the prominent, raised rim of Beagle crater.
PIA08565:
Stretched View Showing 'Beagle Crater'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-28 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Panoramic Camera
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a particularly bright-looking part of the rock Halley, on Mars. Chemical composition of the bright spots is suggestive of a calcium sulfate mineral.
PIA08567:
Spirit Examines Light-Toned 'Halley' (False Color)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-20 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Navigation Camera
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a full-circle view of a layered rock called 'Tetl' in the 'Columbia Hills'' on Mars.
PIA06955:
Full-Circle View from Near 'Tetl' (Vertical)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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Footprints from Above
PIA05558:
Footprints from Above
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Miniature Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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This figure derived from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the first ever atmospheric temperature profile measured from the top of the Mars atmosphere all the way to the surface.
PIA05559:
A Full Profile on Mars Temperature
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-06-28 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Microscopic Imager
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a particularly bright-looking part of the rock Halley, on Mars. Chemical composition of the bright spots is suggestive of a calcium sulfate mineral.
PIA08566:
Spirit Examines Light-Toned 'Halley' (Microscopic Image)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
THEMIS
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This image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the context for orbital observations of exposed rocks that had been buried on Mars. The area is dominated by the Huygens crater, which is about the size of Wisconsin.
PIA13801:
Nature's Drilling Exposes Deeply Buried Minerals
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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 2013-12-10 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
THEMIS
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This pair of maps based on albedo information from NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter and topographical information from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter indicates locations of confirmed sites of recurrent slope linea on Mars.
PIA17607:
Maps of Recurrent Slope Linea Markings on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-12-10 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
THEMIS
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This map of Mars indicates locations of new craters that have excavated ice (blue) and those that have not (red). Albedo information comes from NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter, and the map comes from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter.
PIA17609:
Locations of Ice-Exposing Fresh Craters on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-09-15 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
THEMIS
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Valleys much younger than well-known ancient valley networks on Mars are evident near the informally named 'Heart Lake' on Mars. This map based on NASA's MGS data presents color-coded topographical information overlaid onto a photo mosaic.
PIA20838:
Landscape of Former Lakes and Streams on Northern Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-09-15 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
THEMIS
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This map of an area within the Arabia Terra region on Mars shows where hydrologic modeling predicts locations of depressions that would have been lakes (black), overlaid with a map of the preserved valleys (blue lines) that would have been streams.
PIA20839:
Hydrologic Modeling of Relatively Recent Martian Streams and Lake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-11 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows regional landscape near Mars' south pole called 'cryptic terrain.' Cool colors are areas with a low albedo (dark) and warm colors are areas which have high albedo (bright).
PIA10138:
Location of Sites Within 'Cryptic Terrain'
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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A 'picket fence' rendition of surface topography in the northern hemisphere of Mars from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor. The profile was obtained during the MGS capture orbit calibration pass on September 15, 1997.
PIA00957:
MGS Mars Orbiter Laser (MOLA) Surface Topography of Northern Hemisphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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Topographic profile across the northern hemisphere of Mars from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor. The profile was obtained during the MGS capture orbit calibration pass on September 15, 1997.
PIA00958:
3000 Mile Laser Altimeter Profile Across Northern Hemisphere of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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Among the myriad of interesting landforms sampled by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor on its first traverse across the red planet on 15 September 1997.
PIA00959:
MGS Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter Topographic Profile of Impact Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-10-13 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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Comparison of the cross-sectional relief of the deepest portion of the Grand Canyon (Arizona) on Earth versus NASA's Mars Global Surveyor's view of a common type of chasm on Mars in the western Elysium region during the MGS capture orbit calibration pass.
PIA00960:
MGS Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) - Mars/Earth Relief Comparison
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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This laser altimeter profile across Amazonis Planitia is from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01009:
Laser Altimeter Profiles Across Amazonis Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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This laser altimeter profile across Martian volcanoes is from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01010:
Laser Altimeter Profiles Across Martian Volcanoes
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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This laser altimeter profile across Olympus Mons volcano is from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01011:
Olympus Mons Volcano
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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This laser altimeter profile across Arsia Mons volcano is from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01012:
Arsia Mons Caldera
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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Contingency science passes are seen in this image of a portion of Mars from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01013:
MGS Contingency Science Passes
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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Contingency science passes are seen in this image of a portion of Mars from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01014:
Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter Passes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-09-08 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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This map was compiled by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor between March 1, 1999 and February 29, 2000 and provides a variety of regional topographic views of the Martian surface.
PIA01049:
Regional Topographic Views of Mars from MOLA
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-01-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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This 3-dimensional image of Mars' north pole was acquired by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
PIA01337:
Laser Provides First 3-D View of Mars' North Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-01-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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These elevation measurements were collected by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor during the spring and summer of 1998, as the spacecraft orbited Mars in an interim elliptical orbit.
PIA01338:
Elevation Measurement Profile of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-27 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a topography map of the vast east-west trending Valles Marineris canyon system and several major volcanic shields including Olympus Mons.
PIA02031:
Maps of Mars Global Topography
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-27 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a regional topographic model of the Hellas basin on Mars.
PIA02033:
Regional Topographic Model of the Hellas Basin
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-27 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a topography map of the Tharsis province and the Hellas impact basin.
PIA02035:
Map of Mars' Topography
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-27 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a pole-to-equator topography map in the northern hemisphere including the circular depression that is the Utopia Basin on Mars.
PIA02036:
Lambert Equal-Area Projection of Pole-to-Equator
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-27 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a polar stereographic projection of topography from latitude 55° S to the pole on Mars.
PIA02037:
Polar Stereographic Projection
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-27 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows elevations on Mars within the floor of the Valles Marineris canyon system and the adjacent Chryse outflow channels.
PIA02039:
Elevations Within the Floor of the Valles Marineris
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-05-27 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the two Martian hemispheres, featured on the cover of Science magazine in May of 1999.
PIA02040:
Science Magazine Cover Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a relief model of the topography of the South Polar Region on Mars showing the form of the ice cap and its surroundings.
PIA02052:
South Polar Topography (MOLA)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-06-23 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a relief model of the topography of the North Polar Region on Mars showing the form of the ice cap and its surroundings.
PIA02053:
North Polar Topography (MOLA)
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-07-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the latest MOLA topographic map of Mars' from latitude 55° S to the south pole.
PIA02088:
MOLA TOPOGRAPHIC MAP
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.326 MB)     JPEG (182.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 1999-07-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a digital elevation model of the Mars '98 Polar landing site corridor based on observations through the MGS Orbit Trim Maneuver-2 on June 10, 1999.
PIA02089:
MPL LANDING SITE - DEM
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-07-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the interquartile-scale roughness of the Mars '98 Polar landing site corridor.
PIA02090:
MPL LANDING SITE CORRIDOR
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Add Image to Favorite List 1999-07-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a three-dimensional view of the Mars '98 Polar landing site from MOLA. The vertical exaggeration is 20:1.
PIA02091:
Mars '98 Polar landing site
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-09-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows two views of the topography of a major volcano in the Alba Patera region on Mars.
PIA02803:
Major Martian Volcanoes from MOLA - Alba Patera
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-09-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows views of Arsia Mons, the southern most of the Tharsis montes on Mars featuring the caldera structure and the flank massive breakout that produced a major side lobe.
PIA02804:
Major Martian Volcanoes from MOLA - Arsia Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-09-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows two views of Olympus Mons on Mars featuring the volcano's scarp and massive aureole deposit that was produced by flank collapse.
PIA02805:
Major Martian Volcanoes from MOLA - Olympus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-09-07 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows Olympus Mons on Mars featuring the volcano's scarp and massive aureole deposit that was produced by flank collapse.
PIA02806:
Major Martian Volcanoes from MOLA - Olympus Mons
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-10-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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A global surface map from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a heavily cratered terrain in Mars' southern hemisphere as well as that of the Valles Marineris canyon walls and the Olympus Mons aureole deposits.
PIA02808:
MOLA Global Roughness Map of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-10-06 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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A global surface map from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows Mars' northern hemisphere is flatter than the douth, and shows some linear slope breaks, for example north of Alba Patera and the Tharsis province.
PIA02809:
MOLA Global Map of Surface Gradients on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-01-17 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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These maps are global false-color topographic views of Mars at different orientations from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor. The maps are orthographic projections that contain over 200,000,000 points and about 5,000,000 altimetric crossovers.
PIA02820:
Mars Topography
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-10 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a color shaded relief image used as the base for the northern hemisphere of Mars on the left, and the southern hemisphere on the right.
PIA02993:
Mars Orbiter Laser Altimiter (MOLA) Globe
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-02 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Phoenix
MOLA
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This is an orthographic projection with color-coded elevation contours and shaded relief based on data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter.
PIA09944:
Far-Northern Destination for Phoenix Mars Lander
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-08-02 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Phoenix
MOLA
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This area was designated 'Region D' in the process of evaluating potential landing sites for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. The topographical information is from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter.
PIA09945:
Topographical Context of Phoenix Landing Region
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-11 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows Candor Chasma, part of the large Martian canyon system named Valles Marineris.
PIA10132:
Global View of Mars Topography
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-22 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Phoenix
MOLA
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This map shows the landing site chosen for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. The site is much farther north than the sites where previous spacecraft have landed on Mars.
PIA10656:
Six Landing Sites on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-08-04 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Phoenix
MOLA
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This image indicated NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander landing area on Mars to a topographical map indicating relative elevations in the landing region prior to landing. The elevations could have affected wind patterns at the site.
PIA11029:
Wind-Related Topography in Phoenix's Region of Mars (Animation) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-06-24 Mars Viking
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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This view of Lyot Crater is a combined mapping by NASA's Project Viking with elevation information from Mars Global Surveyor showing at least one of the nine craters in the northern lowlands of Mars with exposures of hydrated minerals detected from orbit.
PIA13215:
Hydrated Minerals Exposed at Lyot, Northern Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-11-21 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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Color coding in this image of Mars represents differences in elevation, measured by NASA's Mars Global Surveyor. While surface liquid water is rare and ephermal on modern Mars.
PIA15094:
Topography of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-09-04 Mars InSight
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
MOLA
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This topographic map shows four semifinalist sites located close together in the Elysium Planitia region of Mars; the mission InSight will study the Red Planet's interior to advance understanding of the processes that formed and shaped the rocky planets.
PIA17357:
NASA's Mars Landing Sites, including InSight
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-03-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
MOLA
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Newly detailed mapping of local variations in Mars' gravitational pull on orbiters (center), combined with topographical mapping of the planet's mountains and valleys (left) yields the best-yet mapping of Mars' crustal thickness (right).
PIA20277:
Using Gravity and Topography to Map Mars' Crustal Thickness
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-03-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
MOLA
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This Mars map shows variations in thickness of the planet's crust, the relatively thin surface layer over the interior mantle of the planet. It shows unprecedented detail derived from new mapping of variations in Mars' gravitational pull on orbiters.
PIA20326:
Newly Detailed Map of Mars' Crustal Thickness
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-03-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
MOLA
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This map shows local variations in Mars' gravitational pull on orbiters, presenting unprecedented detail based on several years of data from tracking three of NASA's Mars orbiters.
PIA20327:
Local Variations in the Gravitational Pull of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-03 Mars Galileo
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
Solid-State Imaging
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This composite image, from NASA's Galileo and Mars Global Survey orbiters, of Earth and Mars was created to allow viewers to gain a better understanding of the relative sizes of the two planets.
PIA02570:
Earth Mars Comparison
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-26 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
MOLA
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This image, combining data from two instruments aboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor, depicts an orbital view of the north polar region of Mars. To the right of center, a large canyon, Chasma Boreale, almost bisects the white ice cap.
PIA13163:
Northern Ice Cap of Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
Thermal Emission Spectrometer
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The red dot labeled 'Sol 134-141' in this map illustrates when and where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit acquired the 'Santa Anita Panorama.'
PIA06688:
Spirit Traverse Map
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-12-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
Thermal Emission Imaging System
Visual Imaging Subsystem
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This simulated view shows Mars as it might have appeared during the height of a possible ice age in geologically recent time.
PIA04933:
Mars Ice Age, Simulated
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
Thermal Emission Imaging System
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This map shows the estimated location of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit within Gusev Crater, Mars. Engineers targeted Spirit for the center of the blue ellipse.
PIA05055:
Right on Target
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
Thermal Emission Imaging System
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This map shows a close-up look at the estimated location of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit within Gusev Crater, Mars. Measurements taken during the rover's descent by the DSN predicted its landing site to be the spot marked with a black dot.
PIA05056:
Right on Target-2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
Thermal Emission Imaging System
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The route of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, from its landing site to its location on sol 72 (March 16, 2004) near the rim of the large crater dubbed 'Bonneville' is pictured here on this traverse map.
PIA05581:
To 'Bonneville' and Beyond
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-19 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
Thermal Emission Imaging System
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This still from an animation shows the geography of Ma'adim Vallis, a valley or channel that enters Gusev Crater. The view of the crater is from the northwest, which is not the direction from which NASA's Spirit rover approached the crater as it landed.
PIA05590:
Ma'adim Vallis From the Top
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
Thermal Emission Imaging System
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This map illustrates NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's position as of April 26, 2004, near the crater called 'Missoula.' Like a train on a tight schedule, Spirit made regular stops along the way to its ultimate destination, the 'Columbia Hills.'
PIA05834:
Spirit's Express Route to 'Columbia Hills'
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-29 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
Thermal Emission Imaging System
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This map highlights the path that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit had traveled on April 28, 2004 toward the 'Columbia Hills.'
PIA05836:
Confirming Predictions
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-01-27 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
Panoramic Camera
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NASA Dedicates Martian Landmarks To Apollo 1 Crew
PIA05155:
NASA Dedicates Martian Landmarks To Apollo 1 Crew
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-09-11 Mars Mars Exploration Rover (MER)
Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC)
Panorama Camera
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This overview of 'Endurance Crater' traces the circuitous path of NASA' Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity from sol 94 (April 29, 2004) to sol 205 (August 21, 2004).
PIA06865:
'Endurance Crater' Overview
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