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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on August 15, 2020 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a brownish, dusty cliff wall, where the faint light-blue-colored ice shows through.
PIA24147:
Cliffs in Ancient Ice
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on June 23, 2020 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows terrain near Mangala Valles.
PIA24146:
A Criss-Cross Landscape with Fresh Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-01 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The black speck circled in the lower left corner of this image is a cluster of recently formed craters spotted on Mars using a new machine-learning algorithm. This image was taken by the Context Camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA24091:
Machine Learning Spots a Cluster of Mars Craters: Context Camera's view
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-10-01 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took this image of a crater cluster on Mars, the first ever to be discovered AI.
PIA24040:
AI Spots a Cluster of Mars Craters: HiRISE's view
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-08-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured these sand ripples and the large dune (at center) on Feb. 9, 2009.
PIA24036:
HiRISE Finds a Dune and Ripples
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-08-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (Hi-RISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this avalanche plunging down a 1,640-foot-tall (500-meter-tall) cliff on May 29, 2019.
PIA24035:
HiRISE Catches an Avalanche on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-07-15 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This map shows regions in and around Mars' Jezero Crater, the landing site of NASA's Perseverance rover. The green circle represents the rover's landing ellipse, or the area where it will be landing within the crater.
PIA23976:
Map of Regions Around Mars' Jezero Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-06-02 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on April 27, 2020 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows fans of dust blown out from under the seasonal layer of carbon dioxide ice that forms a polar cap over the winter.
PIA23954:
Spring Fans at Macclesfield
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-06-02 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on April 26, 2020 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the crisp detail of a crater rim.
PIA23953:
Along the Straight Edge
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-06-02 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on April 13, 2020 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, reveals exquisite layering emerging from the sand in southern Holden Crater.
PIA23952:
Exquisite Layering
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-06-02 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on April 5, 2020 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows some faint traces of dark flows along the headwall of an impact crater.
PIA23951:
Faint Traces of Dark Flows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-04-17 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on March 29, 2020 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a pitted, blocky surface, but also more unusually, it has contorted, irregular features.
PIA23855:
Disrupted Sediments in Acidalia Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-04-17 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on March 27, 2020 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a couple of dark lineations on the equator-facing wall of this impact crater that resemble small recurring slope lineae (RSL).
PIA23854:
Keeping a Watchful Eye
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-04-17 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on March 19, 2020 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows gullies in the sand dunes of Matara Crater.
PIA23853:
An Active Gully in Matara Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-04-17 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on March 18, 2020 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows two different targets at once, a geologically-young crater and a small even younger one.
PIA23852:
Two Young Craters
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-04-06 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on March 4, 2020 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows gullies are common on steep slopes of many impact craters on Mars.
PIA23850:
Monitoring Active Gullies
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-04-06 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on March 14, 2020 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows an area on Mars with both star and barchan dunes next to each other.
PIA23849:
Where the Wind Blows
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-04-06 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on December 30, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows Tooting Crater, one of the youngest craters on Mars that is larger than 20-kilometers in diameter.
PIA23848:
Pitted Material from Tooting Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-04-06 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on February 2, 2020 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the inside of an impact crater on the northern plains of Mars.
PIA23847:
Colorful Bedrock in a Northern Plains Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-03-20 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on December 31, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a new impact crater that formed after December 2007 and before August 2010, based on Context Camera images.
PIA23760:
A New Impact Marking Fades Away
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-03-20 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on December 31, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows part of the ejecta from an impact crater (about 6-kilometers in diameter) to the west in Utopia Planitia.
PIA23759:
A Crater Enlarged by the Sublimation of Ice
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-03-20 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on December 21, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the boundary between north polar ice and nearby polar sand dunes.
PIA23758:
Dark Sand at the Margin
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-03-20 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on January 20, 2020 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows dark slope streaks on the slopes of this crater, thought to be the result of the relatively bright colored dust avalanching down.
PIA23757:
Looking for Slope Streaks
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-02-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on November 4, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows an exposed section of the north polar layered deposits (NPLD).
PIA23740:
A Slice of Polar Layer Cake
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-02-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on December 27, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows Utopia Planitia which may have been extensively resurfaced by mud flows.
PIA23739:
A Candidate Landing Site in Utopia Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-02-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on September 30, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a small crater, probably once filled with an ice-covered lake that overflowed, forming the exit channel.
PIA23738:
Pollywog Craters on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-02-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on December 25, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a crater south of Aurorae Chaos has a central pit exposing bedrock units with diverse colors, indicating diverse rock compositions.
PIA23737:
Exposing Colorful Deep Bedrock
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-02-14 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on October 1, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows yet another stunning image of an active dust devil on Mars.
PIA23736:
The Devil is in the Details
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-01-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on December 22, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows Candor Chasma in central Valles Marineris, filled with light-toned layered deposits thought to be sandstones.
PIA23676:
Sandstone in West Candor Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-01-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on December 27, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows gullies on Mars during the winter, fluidized by carbon dioxide frost.
PIA23675:
Frosted Gullies
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-01-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on December 28, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a braided texture, typical of dunes that are transitioning into sand sheets.
PIA23674:
Dunes in Briault Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-01-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on December 29, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows an especially large gully. The bright white materials are seasonal frost, persisting on shaded slopes.
PIA23673:
A Giant Gully in Kaiser Crater Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-01-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on December 31, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows four relatively bright mounds along a linear, curving feature that appears to be a rift zone.
PIA23672:
Mounds Cut by a Fissure
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-01-16 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on December 19, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows an impact crater on the north polar ice cap, which contains an icy deposit on the crater floor.
PIA23671:
North Polar Changes over 6 Mars Years
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-01-16 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on December 14, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows shows two types of sand dunes on Mars.
PIA23669:
Barchan and Linear Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-01-16 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on December 1, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows large dunes slowly being eroded and disappearing, replaced by smaller structures of scalloped sand.
PIA23668:
Dunes Frozen in Time
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-01-16 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on November 30, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows streamers of seasonal carbon dioxide ice (dry ice) only remaining in places in the terrain that are still partially in the shade.
PIA23667:
Streamers of Frost
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Add Image to Favorite List 2020-01-16 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on December 13, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a cluster of gullies that appear modified or degraded.
PIA23666:
A First Look at a Gullied Slope
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-12-10 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This rainbow-colored map shows underground water ice on Mars.
PIA23514:
A Water Ice Map for Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-11-27 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on September 15, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the floor of an old impact crater in Arabia Terra.
PIA23584:
Both Ancient and Modern
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-11-27 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on August 8, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows layered sediments on the floor of eastern Coprates Chasma in Valles Marineris, the grandest canyon on Mars.
PIA23583:
Layered Sediments in Valles Marineris
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-11-27 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on July 21, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the mid-latitudes of Mars, draped with deposits of water ice and dust on the order of tens of meters thick.
PIA23582:
Pits, Hollows and Viscous Flow
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-11-27 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image acquired on July 8, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows spring in the Northern Hemisphere of Mars.
PIA23581:
Polygonal Patterns Highlighted by Frost
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-11-26 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, taken on Nov. 30, 2010, by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a Mars dust tower, a concentrated cloud of dust that can be lofted dozens of miles above the surface.
PIA23513:
A Mars Dust Tower Stands Out
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-11-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Lighter colors represent higher elevation in this image of Jezero Crater on Mars, the landing site for NASA's Mars 2020 mission. The oval indicates the landing ellipse, where the rover will be touching down on Mars.
PIA23511:
Jezero Crater's Ancient Lakeshore
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-11-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Color has been added to highlight minerals in this image of Jezero Crater on Mars, the landing site for NASA's Mars 2020 mission. The green color represents minerals called carbonates, which are especially good at preserving fossilized life on Earth.
PIA23380:
Jezero Crater Minerals
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-10-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on October 26, 2017 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a cross-section of ancient canyon systems in east Coprates Chasma.
PIA23530:
Enigmatic Canyon Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-10-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on August 11, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows wind-blown deposits known as transverse aeolian ridges (TARs). They are frequently visible in images of the Martian tropics.
PIA23529:
Pristine Dust Deposits in Syria Planum
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-10-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on July 28, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows Chukhung, a 45 kilometer-diameter, central pit crater in Tempe Terra.
PIA23528:
Down in Chukhung Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-10-21 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on July 16, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the polar region, in the Northern Hemisphere of Mars, is still blanketed by seasonal carbon dioxide frost (dry ice).
PIA23527:
A Martian Game Board
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-10-16 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This animation shows the position of NASA's Curiosity rover as it journeyed through 'the clay-bearing unit' on Mars between May 31 and July 20, 2019. The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took both images.
PIA23377:
HiRISE Watches Curiosity Journey Across the Clay Unit
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-10-16 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter got its best view yet of the InSight lander on September 23, 2019.
PIA23376:
The Best View of InSight
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-19 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on July 30, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows Alga Crater, located in the southern highlands near a large flood-channel called Ladon Valles.
PIA23479:
Mars Underground Exposed: The Central Peak of Alga Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-19 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on July 21, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows steep walls of a crater, covered with slope streaks, formed by material falling down towards the crater's center.
PIA23478:
Bonus Beauty
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-19 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on July 9, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a 45-meter-diameter crater that formed sometime between October 2010 and May 2012 in so-called 'brain' terrain on Mars.
PIA23477:
Subliming Ice
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-19 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on May 31, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a small crater, just seven meters across, was created on Mars sometime between April 2018 and January 2019.
PIA23476:
A New Crater on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-05 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on June 10, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows sedimentary rock and sand within Danielson Crater, located in the southwest Arabia Terra region of Mars.
PIA23454:
Layers in Danielson Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-05 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on May 29, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the stack of layers at the North Pole of Mars known as the north polar layered deposits.
PIA23453:
Avalanche Season
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-05 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on May 20, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the Nili Fossae region, to the west of the great Isidis basin, with layered bedrock and many impact craters.
PIA23452:
The Bedrock Riddles of Nili Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-09-05 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on April 20, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows bright white flows coming from gullies in a crater wall.
PIA23451:
Frost Highlights in the Springtime
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-07-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover can be seen in this image taken from space on May 31, 2019, by the HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA23341:
HiRISE Spots Curiosity at Woodland Bay
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-06-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on May 16, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a cratered area to the southeast of the ExoMars 2020 Rosalind Franklin rover landing site at Oxia Palus.
PIA23289:
Landing in Oxia Palus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-06-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on April 22, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows curious chevron shapes in southeast Hellas Planitia which are the result of a complex story of dunes, lava, and wind.
PIA23288:
Dune Footprints in Hellas
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Add Image to Favorite List 2019-06-12 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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This image, acquired on October 1, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a wavy surface like that of the sea. These wave shapes are the result of erosion.
PIA23287:
Rhythmic Layers East of Medusae Fossae
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This image acquired on September 24, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a huge tongue-like form, which looks a like a mudflow with boulders on its surface.
PIA23286:
Tooting Crater Ejecta
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This image of Jezero Crater on Mars, the landing site for NASA's Mars 2020 mission, was taken by instruments on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA23239:
Jezero Crater, Mars 2020's Landing Site
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This series of images shows carbon dioxide ice sublimating (going directly from a solid to a gas) inside a pit at Mars' south pole. Each frame of the animation was taken by the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA23238:
HiRISE Spots CO2 Ice Sublimating
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This image acquired on March 24, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, revisits an impact site in this area first imaged in December 2017.
PIA23233:
The Changing Surface of Mars
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This image acquired on February 23, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a small landslide in Iani Chaos. Landslides are common on Mars where there are steep slopes, including this area where there are numerous mounds and hills.
PIA23232:
A Snow Plow Landslide
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This image acquired on February 18, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows late winter angled illumination over dunes covered by carbon dioxide frost mixed with dust.
PIA23231:
A Frosted Surface
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This image acquired on January 29, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the southern half of the picture is covered by a well-preserved lava flow.
PIA23230:
Resistant Lava and Erosion
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This animation shows a proposed route for NASA's Curiosity rover, which is climbing lower Mount Sharp on Mars.
PIA23179:
Curiosity's Proposed Path up Mount Sharp
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This is the final traverse map for NASA's Opportunity rover, showing where the rover was located within Perseverance Valley on June 10, 2018, the last date it made contact with its engineering team.
PIA23178:
Opportunity's Final Traverse Map
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This image acquired on January 27, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the inside of Kaiser Crater.
PIA23184:
Bedrock on the Floor of Kaiser Crater
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This image acquired on January 26, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the floor of Ius Chasma, part of Valles Marineris.
PIA23183:
Abstract Art in Ius Chasma
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This image acquired on January 24, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows Cerberus Fossae, a steep-sided set of troughs cutting volcanic plains to the east of Elysium Mons.
PIA23182:
Landslides in Cerberus Fossae
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This image acquired on January 19, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows what appears to be a new impact cluster and, extending downhill from the craters, new dark slope streaks.
PIA23181:
Impact-Induced Dust Avalanches
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This image acquired on January 26, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, is part of a campaign to image potential impact craters in the south polar layered deposits (ice cap).
PIA23106:
A Crater on the South Polar Layered Deposits
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This image acquired on January 27, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, reveals small-scale shapes that often correlate with mineral units and provides information about stratigraphy.
PIA23105:
Clay-Rich Terrain in Eridania Basin
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This image acquired on January 23, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows some of the geologic diversity of Mars.
PIA23104:
The Hills in Juventae Chasma
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This image acquired on January 19, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the rapid changes in the south polar residual cap of carbon dioxide ice.
PIA23103:
Dramatic Changes over the South Polar Cap
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This image acquired on January 27, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the extensive central peak complex of Hale Crater.
PIA23101:
Bedrock in the Central Peaks of Hale Crater
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This image acquired on January 10, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows large gullies on both the pole- and equator-facing slopes.
PIA23100:
Complex Gullies in a Crater
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This image acquired on January 25, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows Ius Chasma, a major section of the western portion of the giant Valles Marineris trough.
PIA23099:
In the Gullies and Bedrock of Ius Chasma
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This image acquired on January 21, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the south polar layered deposits are well illuminated to accentuate the topography.
PIA23098:
Everything is (Well) Illuminated
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This image acquired on February 7, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows Mawrth Vallis, a place on Mars that has fascinated scientists because of the clays and other hydrated minerals detected from orbit.
PIA23080:
Colorful Mawrth Vallis
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This image acquired on January 23, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the western portion of a well-preserved (recent) impact crater in Ladon Basin.
PIA23079:
Colorful Impact Ejecta in Ladon Valles
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This image acquired on December 26, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the hills that resulted from uplifted rocks due to an impact that formed the 230-kilometer diameter Galle Crater.
PIA23078:
Gullies in Galle
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This image acquired on December 11, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a surface texture of interconnected ridges and troughs, referred to as 'brain terrain', found throughout the mid-latitude regions of Mars.
PIA23077:
The Slow Charm of Brain Terrain
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This image acquired on January 13, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a cluster of dust devil tracks on the flat ground below the south polar layered deposits, but none on the layers themselves.
PIA23064:
Following the Tracks
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This image acquired on January 20, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a chaotic jumble of bright layered sediments, perhaps resulting from large landslides.
PIA23063:
Jumbled Blocks on the Floor of Melas Chasma
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This image acquired on December 9, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows Athabasca Valles with lava flows originating from Elysium Mons to the northwest.
PIA23062:
Almost Like Water
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This image acquired on December 9, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a recent impact in Noachis Terra in the southern mid-latitudes of Mars.
PIA23061:
A Recent Impact Site in Noachis Terra
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NASA's InSight spacecraft and its recently deployed Wind and Thermal Shield were imaged on Feb. 4, 2019, by the HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
PIA23043:
InSight Seismometer's Wind and Thermal Shield Seen from Space
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This image acquired on December 8, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows erosion of the surface revealing several shades of light toned layers, likely sedimentary deposits.
PIA23059:
Layered History
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This image acquired on December 5, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows ripples in the sand which tell us which way the wind was moving and how it was diverted around these rock formations.
PIA23058:
Wind Flow
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This image acquired on November 30, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a complex crater, where we see bedrock in several locations from different depths in the crust.
PIA23057:
Exposing the Rock in Impact Craters
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This image acquired on September 29, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows many sand dunes are visible. They have an elongated crescent form and are called 'barchan dunes.'
PIA23056:
A Dune Field Near Nili Patera
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This image acquired on December 15, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a cross-section of a complex crater in Terra Cimmeria.
PIA23022:
Cross-Section of a Complex Crater
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This image acquired on December 3, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a cross-section of a dune field. Dune shape depends on several factors, including the amount of sand present and the local wind directions.
PIA23021:
A First Look at Dunes
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