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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-11 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Color Reveals Translucent Seasonal Ice
PIA10142:
Color Reveals Translucent Seasonal Ice
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-11 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Science in Motion: Isolated Araneiform Topography
PIA10143:
Science in Motion: Isolated Araneiform Topography
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-11 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Bright Streaks and Dark Fans
PIA10144:
Bright Streaks and Dark Fans
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-11 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Cryptic Terrain on Mars
PIA10145:
Cryptic Terrain on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-11 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Dry Ice Etches Terrain
PIA10146:
Dry Ice Etches Terrain
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-11 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Starburst Channels
PIA10147:
Starburst Channels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-11 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Lizard-Skin Surface Texture
PIA10148:
Lizard-Skin Surface Texture
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-01-24 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Dust-Devil Tracks in Southern Schiaparelli Basin
PIA10226:
Dust-Devil Tracks in Southern Schiaparelli Basin
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-03-03 Earth Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This is an image of Earth and the moon, acquired on October 3, 2007 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter from 88 million miles away.
PIA10244:
Earth and Moon as Seen from Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-03-03 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Amazingly, this image has captured at least four Martian avalanches, or debris falls, in action. It was taken on February 19, 2008, by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA10245:
Caught in Action: Avalanches on North Polar Scarps
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-03-20 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Bright Exposures of Chloride Salt on Southern Mars
PIA10248:
Bright Exposures of Chloride Salt on Southern Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-09 Phobos Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Phobos from 6,800 Kilometers
PIA10366:
Phobos from 6,800 Kilometers
Full Resolution:     TIFF (14.59 MB)     JPEG (931.9 kB)
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Phobos from 5,800 Kilometers
PIA10367:
Phobos from 5,800 Kilometers
Full Resolution:     TIFF (13.33 MB)     JPEG (1.124 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-09 Phobos Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took two images of the larger of Mars' two moons, Phobos, within 10 minutes of each other on March 23, 2008. This is the first.
PIA10368:
Phobos from 6,800 Kilometers (Color)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-09 Phobos Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Phobos from 5,800 Kilometers (Color)
PIA10369:
Phobos from 5,800 Kilometers (Color)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-09 Phobos Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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'Marsshine' on Shadowed Part of Phobos
PIA10370:
'Marsshine' on Shadowed Part of Phobos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-09 Phobos Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took two images of the larger of Mars' two moons, Phobos, within 10 minutes of each other on March 23, 2008. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA10371:
Phobos in Stereo
Full Resolution:     TIFF (8.456 MB)     JPEG (302.3 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-22 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander targeted landing area before the winter frost had entirely disappeared from the surface. The bright ice in shallow crevices accentuates the area's polygonal fracturing pattern.
PIA10658:
Polygon Patterned Ground on Mars and on Earth
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-24 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This frame from an animation zooms in on the area on Mars where NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander will touchdown on May 25, 2008. The image was taken by the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA10669:
Zooming in on Landing Site Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-27 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This enhanced-color image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the Phoenix landing area viewed from orbit. With its solar panels deployed on the Martian surface, the spacecraft appears more blue than it would in reality.
PIA10710:
Connecting the Dots: Lander, Heat Shield, Parachute
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-09-18 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Ius Chasma's Floor
PIA11174:
Ius Chasma's Floor
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-15 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Unusual Mound in North Polar Layered Deposits
PIA11231:
Unusual Mound in North Polar Layered Deposits
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-10-28 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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A Gem of a Find
PIA11377:
A Gem of a Find
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Periodic Layering in Martian Sedimentary Rocks
PIA11441:
Periodic Layering in Martian Sedimentary Rocks
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Periodic Layering in Martian Sedimentary Rocks, Oblique View
PIA11442:
Periodic Layering in Martian Sedimentary Rocks, Oblique View
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.415 MB)     JPEG (246.9 kB)
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Periodic Layering in Becquerel Crater, Mars
PIA11443:
Periodic Layering in Becquerel Crater, Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is part of simulated flyover showing rhythmic layers of sedimentary rock inside Becquerel crater on Mars.
PIA11444:
Flyover Animation of Becquerel Crater on Mars Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-12-08 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This stereo view shows fractured mounds on the southern edge of Elysium Planitia on Mars. It combines two images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.
PIA11446:
Elysium Planitia, Mars - Fractured Mounds in Stereo
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.218 MB)     JPEG (227.3 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2009-01-08 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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A Change of Seasons at Phoenix Site
PIA11751:
A Change of Seasons at Phoenix Site
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-02-25 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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First Observation of Columnar Jointing on Mars
PIA11809:
First Observation of Columnar Jointing on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-09 Deimos Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Martian Moon Deimos in High Resolution
PIA11826:
Martian Moon Deimos in High Resolution
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.492 MB)     JPEG (48.06 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-17 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Sand Dunes and Ripples in Proctor Crater, Mars
PIA11833:
Sand Dunes and Ripples in Proctor Crater, Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-25 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The Answer is Blowing in the Wind
PIA11857:
The Answer is Blowing in the Wind
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-25 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Starburst Spider
PIA11858:
Starburst Spider
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-05-06 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Branched Features on the Floor of Antoniadni Crater
PIA12003:
Branched Features on the Floor of Antoniadni Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Rover shows the north polar region of Mars is surrounded by a large sea of dark sand dunes that become covered by seasonal carbon dioxide frost.
PIA12112:
Polygons, Crater Layers, and Defrosting Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-04-27 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Rover spied these spider-like formations, likely caused as carbon dioxide ice changes from a solid to a gas; the gas moves through channels until it reaches the surface and vents out.
PIA12113:
South Polar Spiders on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-08-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image of Victoria Crater in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter at more of a sideways angle than earlier orbital images of this crater.
PIA12167:
Oblique View of Victoria Crater
Full Resolution:     TIFF (7.402 MB)     JPEG (305.2 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2009-08-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This telescopic view from orbit around Mars catches a Martian dust devil in action in the planet's southern hemisphere. The swirling vortex of dust can be seen near the center of the image.
PIA12168:
Martian Dust Devil with Track and Shadow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-09-02 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows gullies near the edge of Hale crater on southern Mars.
PIA12194:
Gullies at the Edge of Hale Crater, Mars
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This view, taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter from Martian orbit, shows a pale circular shape in the center is a low plateau called 'Home Plate'; the bright dot just to the left NASA's rover Spirit.
PIA12205:
Orbital View of Spirit at 'Troy'
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This series of images spanning a period of 15 weeks shows a pair of fresh craters taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Bright, bluish material apparent in the earliest images disappears by the later ones.
PIA12216:
Ice in Pair of Fresh Craters on Mars Fades with Time
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals underground ice exposed by impact cratering. The impact that dug the crater excavated water ice from beneath the surface.
PIA12217:
Underground Ice on Mars Exposed by Impact Cratering
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The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals subsurface ice in a crater formed in 2008. The impact that dug the crater excavated water ice from beneath the surface.
PIA12218:
Crater Formed in 2008 Reveals Subsurface Ice
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The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter excavates ice in a twelve-meter-wide crater.
PIA12219:
Twelve-Meter-Wide Crater Excavates Ice on Mars
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The Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, an instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, obtained information confirming material excavated by a fresh impact and Identified as water ice.
PIA12220:
Material Excavated by a Fresh Impact and Identified as Water Ice
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The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this image of spider-shaped features on Mars, carved by vaporizing dry ice.
PIA12249:
Radial Channels Carved by Dry Ice
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Layers in the lower portion of two neighboring buttes within the Noctis Labyrinthus formation on Mars are visible in this image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA12260:
Light-Toned Deposits in Noctis Labyrinthus
Full Resolution:     TIFF (98.42 MB)     JPEG (2.863 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2009-10-28 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows channels to the southeast of Hale crater on southern Mars. Channels associated with impact craters were once thought to be quite rare.
PIA12333:
Channels from Hale Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-04 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured winter images of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander surrounded by dry-ice frost on Mars.
PIA12338:
Phoenix in Winter
Full Resolution:     TIFF (5.553 MB)     JPEG (502.2 kB)
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Distal Rampart of Crater in Chryse Planitia
PIA12351:
Distal Rampart of Crater in Chryse Planitia
Full Resolution:     TIFF (9.176 MB)     JPEG (1.627 MB)
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a sample of the variety and complexity of processes that may occur on the walls of Martian craters, well after the impact crater formed.
PIA12476:
Gullies and Flow Features on Crater Wall
Full Resolution:     TIFF (9.949 MB)     JPEG (938.2 kB)
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This combination of images, taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, helped researchers analyze the youngest flood lava on Mars, which is in Athabasca Valles, in the Elysium Planitia region of equatorial Mars.
PIA12488:
Turbulent Lava Flow in Mars' Athabasca Valles
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.004 MB)     JPEG (152.9 kB)
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This view, taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows color variations in bright layered deposits on a plateau near Juventae Chasma in the Valles Marineris region of Mars.
PIA12489:
Bright Layered Deposits with Clues of Acidic Water
Full Resolution:     TIFF (19.5 MB)     JPEG (1.182 MB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2010-01-11 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, its backshell and heatshield visible within this enhanced-color image of the Phoenix landing site taken on Jan. 6, 2010 by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA12490:
Phoenix Lander Amid Disappearing Spring Ice
Full Resolution:     TIFF (5.379 MB)     JPEG (438.6 kB)
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Dunes of sand-sized materials have been trapped on the floors of many Martian craters, as seen in this view captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. This is one example, from a crater in Noachis Terra, west of the giant Hellas impact basin.
PIA12491:
Dune Symmetry Inside Martian Crater
Full Resolution:     TIFF (9.134 MB)     JPEG (572.2 kB)
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Stages in the seasonal disappearance of surface ice from the ground around the Phoenix Mars Lander are visible in these images taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Rover on 2-8-2010 and 2-25-2010, during springtime on northern Mars.
PIA12853:
Ice Around Phoenix Lander Continues to Lessen in Spring
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This view of an inverted crater in the Arabia Terra region of Mars is among the images taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in early 2010 as the spacecraft approached the 100-terabit milestone in total data returned.
PIA12862:
Dunes and Inverted Crater in Arabia Terra
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Two pairs of side-by-side, before and after images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter illustrate changes in the shape of edges of dark sand dunes in the Nili Patera region of Mars.
PIA12859:
Changes at Edges of Dark Dunes in Nili Patera, Mars
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Before and after images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter illustrate occurrence of new streaks on the slip face of a dark sand dune in the Nili Patera region of Mars.
PIA12858:
Changes on Dune Slip Face, Nili Patera, Mars
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Three pairs of before and after images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter illustrate movement of ripples on dark sand dunes in the Nili Patera region of Mars.
PIA12860:
Changes in Ripples on Martian Dunes in Nili Patera
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the scarp that demarcates the boundary between layered deposits covering the north polar region and the lower surrounding terrain, which includes sand dunes. Original release date March 3, 2010.
PIA12880:
Monitoring of Polar Avalanche Region
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows part of an unnamed crater, itself located inside the much larger Newton Crater, in Terra Sirenum. Original release date March 3, 2010.
PIA12881:
Gullies and... Gullies? in Terra Sirenum
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows part of an unnamed crater, itself located inside the much larger Newton Crater, in Terra Sirenum. Original release date March 3, 2010.
PIA12882:
Northern Meridiani Etched Terrain and Hematite Plains Contact
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a swath of a debris apron east of Hellas Basin. Features like this are often found surrounding isolated mountains in this area. Original release date March 3, 2010.
PIA12883:
Craters on an Ice-Rich Débris Apron
Full Resolution:     TIFF (14.76 MB)     JPEG (892.6 kB)
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter covers part of a candidate landing site that appears to be a shallow depression with a deposit perhaps consisting of chlorides, like table salt.
PIA12955:
Candidate Landing Site in Possible Salt Playa
Full Resolution:     TIFF (14.76 MB)     JPEG (1.104 MB)
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows part of Cerberus Fossae, a long system of extensional (normal) faults arranged in trough-bounding (graben-bounding) pairs.
PIA12956:
Cerberus Fossae East of the Head of Athabasca Valles
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In the winter a layer of carbon dioxide ice (dry ice) covers the north polar sand dunes as shown by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. In the spring the sublimation of the ice (going directly from ice to gas) causes a host of uniquely Martian phenomena.
PIA12957:
A Burst of Spring
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was targeted to study knobs in Mars' northern plains, north of Scandia Crater. The knobs are clearly imaged, but what surprised scientists was a dust devil visible in the south-central part of the image.
PIA12876:
Record-Breaking Dust Devil Caught in the Act
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This image, acquired by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the rover Opportunity perched on the edge of 'Concepción' crater, a fresh crater with dark rays that clearly overprint the north-trending, wind-shaped ripples, in Meridiani Planum.
PIA12969:
Opportunity at 'Concepción' Crater, Seen from Orbit
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in the Cydnus Rupes region, shows that the northern plains of Mars are rock and boulder strewn landscapes otherwise devoid of major features except a few impact craters.
PIA12990:
Boulder Strewn Plain in Northern Utopia Planitia
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals meter-scale (yard-scale) surface textures of mesas and knobs in the Aureum Chaos region of Mars. Aureum Chaos is a wide region of plateaus, mesas, and knobs.
PIA12991:
Mesas in Aureum Chaos
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter covers the northern edge of the largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons on Mars; its margin is defined by a massive cliff many kilometers (several miles) tall.
PIA12992:
Collapsing Volcano; Edge of Olympus Mons
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Samara Valles, one of the longest ancient valley systems on Mars; its surface is mantled with dust as evidenced by the system of dunes that line the valley floor.
PIA12993:
Dunes on Floor of Samara Valles, Mars
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a portion of the floor in Palos Crater on equatorial Mars. The floor appears bumpy with high-standing layered knobs; most of its terrain is weathering into meter-size (yard-size) polygonal blocks.
PIA12994:
Deposits on the Floor of Palos Crater
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This image captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter covers some high-standing topography just outside the rim of an impact crater about 30 kilometers (19 miles) in diameter near a Martian hill named Zephyria Tholus.
PIA12995:
Dust-Mantled Topography near Zephyria Tholus
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The terrain in this image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter lies in the Deuteronilus Mensae region along the highland-lowland dichotomy boundary in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
PIA12996:
Lobate Debris Apron in Deuteronilus Mensae
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The Martian north polar layered deposits are an ice sheet much like the Greenland ice sheet on the Earth in this image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. This Martian ice sheet contains many layers that record variations in the Martian climate.
PIA12997:
Icy Layers and Climate Fluctuations near the Martian North Pole
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a series of parallel layers eroding into peculiar knobs and hills.
PIA13072:
Reading the Geologic Record
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a part of a central mound in an impact crater in Arabia Terra.
PIA13073:
Yardangs within a Large Crater
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows gullies in a semi-circular trough in Noachis Terra. The gullies are observed to face all directions.
PIA13074:
Gullied Trough in Noachis Terra
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This image taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter features three newly-formed slope streaks. These are features which occur on crater walls, hills, and other slopes on Mars.
PIA13075:
Newly-Formed Slope Streaks
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This image captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the edge of a dark dune field on the floor of Proctor Crater, a 150 kilometer diameter crater in the southern highlands of Mars.
PIA13076:
Proctor Crater Dune Field
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Ius Chasma is one of several canyons that make up Valles Marineris, the largest canyon system in the Solar System as seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA13077:
Floor of Ius Chasma
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter covers a small portion of the northwest quadrant of Hellas Basin, or Hellas Planitia, on southern Mars; Hellas is one of the largest impact craters in the solar system.
PIA13097:
Intra-Crater Structure in NW Hellas Basin, Mars
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This image captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter from the Gordii Dorsum region of Mars shows a large area covered with polygonal ridges in an almost geometric pattern.
PIA13185:
Polygonal Ridge in Gordii Dorsum Region, Mars
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the west-facing side of an impact crater in the mid-latitudes of Mars' northern hemisphere. This crater has gullies along its walls that are composed of alcoves, channels and debris aprons.
PIA13186:
Northern Hemisphere Gullies on West-Facing Crater Slope, Mars
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Rover shows a degraded impact crater in the southern highlands. Part of the crater rim is visible at the top and bottom of the image, with the boulder-covered crater floor in the center.
PIA13264:
Bouldery Deposit on Crater Floor
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This observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the very steep side of a plateau, part of the northern limit of the Kasei Valles system, which is one of the largest outflow channel systems on Mars.
PIA13265:
(Almost) Silent Rolling Stones in Kasei Valles
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This observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows part of the floor of a large impact crater in the southern highlands, north of the giant Hellas impact basin.
PIA13266:
Light Outcrop on Crater Floor
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This observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows part of Gorgonum Chaos, a large cluster of chaotic terrain found in the southern hemisphere.
PIA13267:
Gullies on Gorgonum Chaos Mesas
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is a view of the sand dune field in Richardson Crater covered with seasonal frost. The frost is a combination of frozen carbon dioxide and some water ice that covers the dunes in the winter and spring.
PIA13268:
Sand Dune Field in Richardson Crater
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a variety of surface textures within the south polar residual cap of Mars. It was taken during the southern spring, when the surface was covered by seasonal carbon dioxide frost and is easily seen.
PIA13269:
South Polar Layered Deposits and Residual Cap
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At the center of this view of an area of mid-latitude northern Mars, a fresh crater about 6 meters (20 feet) in diameter holds an exposure of bright material, blue in this false-color image observed by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA13315:
Exposed Ice in a Fresh Crater
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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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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows an approximately 7-meter diameter fresh crater and dark ejecta blanket. These small impact craters continue to form on Mars, and are most easily recognized in areas covered by bright dust.
PIA13479:
New Impact Crater
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbite is centered on a small cone on the side of one of Mars' giant shield volcanoes. The cone shows some layers of hard rock but most of it is made of relatively soft material.
PIA13480:
Possible Cinder Cone on the Southern Flank of Pavonis Mons
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This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows dunes on the floor of Herschel Crater. Steep faces ('slipfaces') are oriented downwind, in the direction of motion of the dunes. A dune-free area downwind of the crater is seen at the image center.
PIA13481:
Dunes in Herschel Crater
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This observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows fractured mounds on the southern edge of Elysium Planitia. The fractures that crisscross their surfaces are probably composed of solidified lava.
PIA13482:
Fractured Mounds in Elysium Planitia
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This observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Becquerel Crater, one of several impact craters in Arabia Terra that have light-toned layered deposits along the crater floor. The layers appear to be only a few meters thick.
PIA13483:
Lots of Layering in Becquerel Crater
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