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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows individual dunes forming a dune field on the floor of Arkhangelsky Crater.
PIA10321:
Arkhangelsky Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-17 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the northern wall of Melas Chasma near Ophir Labes. Landslide deposits are evident on the bottom right side of the image.
PIA10322:
Melas Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-17 Mars Mars Express (MEX)
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Two Radar Sounders Examine South Polar Layered Deposits on Mars
PIA10375:
Two Radar Sounders Examine South Polar Layered Deposits on Mars
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-17 Mars Mars Express (MEX)
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
 MARSIS
Shallow Subsurface Radar (SHARAD)
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Mars Radar Opens a Planet's Third Dimension
PIA10376:
Mars Radar Opens a Planet's Third Dimension Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-18 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows channels located on the floor of Newton Crater on Mars.
PIA10323:
Newton Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Coprates Chasma on Mars containing a landslide deposit and multiple dunes.
PIA10324:
Coprates Chasma
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.97 MB)     JPEG (289 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows linear depressions created by fault action. These features are located on the western margin of the Elysium Volcanic Complex.
PIA10325:
Elysium Fossae
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a group of landslide deposits located in the lows between Aeolis Mensae and Aeolis Planum. Wind has eroded surface at the bottom of the frame.
PIA10326:
Aeolis Landslides
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-24 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the interior rim of this unnamed crater in Terra Cimmeria dissected by numerous channels.
PIA10327:
Rim Channels
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.976 MB)     JPEG (354.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-25 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a landslide deposit on the northern rim of Montevallo Crater on Mars.
PIA10328:
Montevallo Crater
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows where a meteor which impacted Mars close together causing three craters to be created simultaneously.
PIA10329:
Triplet Crater
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.909 MB)     JPEG (355.5 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-29 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a landslide deposit in an unnamed crater in Terra Cimmeria.
PIA10330:
Landslide
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.947 MB)     JPEG (314 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-29 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The Minerals of Candor Chasma
PIA10644:
The Minerals of Candor Chasma
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-04-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Granicus Valles originating from fracture systems of the Elysium Volcanic Complex. This channel system was likely produced by volcanic flows.
PIA10331:
Granicus Valles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-01 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows an interesting surface texture located in Elysium Planitia on Mars. The upper layer appears to have a linear pattern eroded into the material.
PIA10332:
Elysium Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-02 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows intersecting ridges creating an unusual surface in this region of Noachis Terra.
PIA10333:
Ridges
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-05 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows individual dunes comprising this dune field located on the floor of Herschel Crater.
PIA10334:
Herschel Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-06 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a field of sand dunes located on the floor of this unnamed crater in Noachis Terra. Uzboi Valles runs along the western rim of this crater.
PIA10335:
Dunes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-06 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Context Camera View in Phoenix Landing Region in Martian Arctic
PIA10632:
Context Camera View in Phoenix Landing Region in Martian Arctic
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-06 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Context Camera Spots Dust Devils at Phoenix Landing Site
PIA10633:
Context Camera Spots Dust Devils at Phoenix Landing Site
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-06 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Phoenix Landing Area Viewed by Mars Color Imager
PIA10634:
Phoenix Landing Area Viewed by Mars Color Imager
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-07 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows sand dunes located on the floor of this unnamed crater in Terra Cimmeria.
PIA10336:
Dunes
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.92 MB)     JPEG (235.8 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-08 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a group of landslide deposits located in an unnamed crater in Noachis Terra.
PIA10337:
Landslides
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-09 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a landslide deposit located on the northern side of Sharonov Crater, which has been modified by the flows within Kasei and Lobo Valles.
PIA10338:
Landslide
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.058 MB)     JPEG (275.3 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-09 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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The Minerals of Aureum Chaos
PIA10943:
The Minerals of Aureum Chaos
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-12 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the southern hemisphere of Mars featuring a band of clouds that marks the edge of a dust storm.
PIA10339:
Storm Clouds
Full Resolution:     TIFF (7.651 MB)     JPEG (335.7 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small landslide located in the Chryse Chaos/ Tiu Valles region, one on the many outflow channels that empty into Chryse Plainitia.
PIA10340:
Landslide
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.969 MB)     JPEG (285.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-14 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows many small hills and mesas of Deuteronlilus Mensae surrounded by debris illustrating some of the different textures that are found in the debris aprons.
PIA10341:
Texture
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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
Full Resolution:     TIFF (14.76 MB)     JPEG (350.6 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-15 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows windstreaks located to the northeast of Meridiani Planum. The 'tails' point in different directions, indicating that the winds in the region vary in direction.
PIA10342:
Windstreaks
Full Resolution:     TIFF (3.93 MB)     JPEG (312.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-15 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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How Thick is the North Polar Ice Cap on Mars?
PIA10651:
How Thick is the North Polar Ice Cap on Mars?
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-15 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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What Lies Below a Martian Ice Cap
PIA10652:
What Lies Below a Martian Ice Cap
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-15 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Mawrth Vallis Phyllosilicates
PIA10944:
Mawrth Vallis Phyllosilicates
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-16 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows poorly cemented material of a hill located on the southern edge of a mensa east of Apollinaris Patera is being eroded by wind action.
PIA10343:
Wind Action
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-19 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Jovis Tholus, a small volcano in the Tharsis region of Mars. The western part of the volcano has collapsed.
PIA10344:
Jovis Tholus
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-20 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows channels and streamlined islands, part of Marte Valles on Mars, an extensive set of lava channels.
PIA10345:
Marte Valles
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-20 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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An Olivine-Rich Crater in Tyrrhena Terra
PIA10945:
An Olivine-Rich Crater in Tyrrhena Terra
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-21 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows channels in part of the complex Granicus Valles system. Granicus Valles was likely carved by lava flows that originated in the Elysium Volcanic region to the southeast of this image.
PIA10346:
Channels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-22 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows channels and streamlined islands, part of Hebrus Valles on Mars.
PIA10347:
Hebrus Valles
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.02 MB)     JPEG (481.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-22 Mars Mars Global Surveyor (MGS)
Phoenix
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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 2008-05-22 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Phoenix
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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 2008-05-23 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows channels and streamlined islands, part of Hebrus Valles on Mars.
PIA10348:
Hebrus Valles
Full Resolution:     TIFF (4.019 MB)     JPEG (536.1 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-24 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Phoenix
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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 2008-05-24 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Phoenix
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This false-color polar map was generated from images obtained by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's Mars Color Imager (MARCI). It shows a large local dust storm that researchers were monitoring on May 25, 2008.
PIA10672:
Clear Skies Ahead
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-24 Mars Phoenix
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This topography map illustrates where NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander was targeted to land on May 25, 2008, based on expectations as of noon pacific time (3 p.m. eastern time), May 24, 2008.
PIA10677:
Phoenix on Target
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-24 Mars Phoenix
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This artist's concept shows NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander adjusting its course to Mars, an event called a trajectory correction maneuver.
PIA10678:
How to Correct a Trajectory (Artist's Concept) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-26 Mars Phoenix
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Rover shows the Phoenix Mars Lander parachuting down to Mars. Phoenix had just opened its parachute 46 seconds earlier, jettisoned its heat shield and was two minutes and 52 seconds away from landing on the Red Planet.
PIA10679:
Robotic Arm Unwrapped
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-26 Mars Phoenix
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the vast plains of the northern polar region of Mars. The flat landscape is strewn with tiny pebbles and shows polygonal cracking, a pattern seen widely in Martian high latitudes.
PIA10680:
First Look at Martian Arctic Plains
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-26 Mars Phoenix
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the vast plains of the northern polar region of Mars. The flat landscape is strewn with tiny pebbles and shows polygonal cracking, a pattern seen widely in Martian high latitudes.
PIA10681:
First Look at Martian Arctic Plains
Full Resolution:     TIFF (1.05 MB)     JPEG (124.9 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-26 Mars Phoenix
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A polygonal pattern in the ground in an arctic region called Vastitas Borealis, near NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, similar in appearance to icy ground in the arctic regions of Earth.
PIA10682:
Icy, Patterned Ground on Mars
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A polygonal pattern in the ground in an arctic region called Vastitas Borealis, near NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, similar in appearance to icy ground in the arctic regions of Earth.
PIA10683:
Polygon on Mars
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows flat ground strewn with tiny pebbles and marked by small-scale polygonal cracking, a pattern seen widely in Martian high latitudes.
PIA10684:
Arctic Landscape Within Reach
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This view of one of the footpads of NASA's three-legged Phoenix Mars Lander shows a solid surface at the spacecraft's landing site.
PIA10685:
On Solid Ground
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-26 Mars Phoenix
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This view of a portion of the spacecraft deck and one of the footpads of NASA's three-legged Phoenix Mars Lander shows a solid surface at the spacecraft's landing site.
PIA10686:
The Ground Beneath Phoenix's Feet
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The center of the red circle on this map shows where NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander eased down to the surface of Mars in an arctic region called Vastitas Borealis.
PIA10687:
Phoenix's New Neighborhood
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Shown here is one of the first images taken by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander of one of the octagonal solar panels, which opened like two handheld, collapsible fans on either side of the spacecraft.
PIA10688:
Solar Power Grid Unfurled
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Shown here is one of the first images taken by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander of one of the octagonal solar panels, which opened like two handheld, collapsible fans on either side of the spacecraft.
PIA10689:
Solar Power Grid
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This image, one of the first captured by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, shows the vast plains of the northern polar region of Mars. The flat landscape is strewn with tiny pebbles and shows polygonal cracking.
PIA10690:
Phoenix Opens its Eyes
Full Resolution:     TIFF (10.69 MB)     JPEG (425.4 kB)
Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-26 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a chain of collapse pits occurring within one of the many tectonic graben of the Tharsis region.
PIA10349:
Labeatis Catenae
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander did a small amount of excavation as it touched down on pebbly north polar terrain on the Red Planet, as shown in this close-up view of one of the lander's three footpads.
PIA10691:
Phoenix Footpad Up Close
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This image shows the vast plains of the northern polar region of Mars, as seen by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shortly after touching down on the Red Planet. The flat landscape is strewn with tiny pebbles and shows polygonal cracking.
PIA10693:
Looking out Across the Martian Polar Plains Animation Icon
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Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This image shows an orbital view sweeping upward from Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the solar system, to the location of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander in the northern polar reaches of Mars.
PIA10694:
Phoenix's Position on Mars Animation Icon
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander can be seen parachuting down to Mars, in this image captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. This is the first time that a spacecraft has imaged the final descent of another spacecraft onto a planetary body.
PIA10697:
Phoenix Makes a Grand Entrance
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander can be seen parachuting down to Mars, in this image captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. This is the first time that a spacecraft has imaged the final descent of another spacecraft onto a planetary body.
PIA10698:
Phoenix Makes a Grand Entrance
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Tartarus Montes, a group of low hills located between Orcus Patera and the Elysium volcanic region. Many fractures cut the Tartarus Montes running radial to the Elysium volcanic center.
PIA10800:
Tartarus Montes
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This image, released on Memorial Day, May 26, 2008, shows the American flag and a mini-DVD on the Phoenix's deck, which is about 3 ft. above the Martian surface.
PIA10699:
American Flag and Mini-DVD Attached to Deck of Phoenix
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This image zooms in on the backshell and parachute, about 300 meters to the south of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. In the distance, about 9 miles or 15 kilometers away, is a range of hills.
PIA10700:
Animation Showing Backshell and Parachute Animation Icon
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This is an enhanced-color image from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera. It shows the NASA's Mars Phoenix lander with its solar panels deployed on the Mars surface
PIA10701:
Color Image of Phoenix Lander on Mars Surface
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This image shows NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's heat shield and bounce mark on the Mars surface.
PIA10702:
Color Image of Phoenix Heat Shield and Bounce Mark
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This image shows NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's parachute top attached to the backshell bottom on the Mars surface.
PIA10703:
Color of Parachute on Ground
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This image shows NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander hanging from its parachute as it descended to the Martian surface.
PIA10705:
Phoenix Descending with Crater in the Background
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NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Heimdall crater on Mars, the Phoenix Mars Lander's final destination.
PIA10706:
Zeroing In on Phoenix's Final Destination
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 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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Relatively warmer daytime temperatures on Mars have allowed the biobarrier -- a shiny, protective film -- to peel away a little more from the robotic arm of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
PIA10707:
Protective Film Moves Aside
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-27 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm
Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This image from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the spacecraft's robotic arm in its stowed configuration, with its biobarrier unpeeled. The arm is still folded up, with its 'elbow' shown at upper left and its scoop at bottom right.
PIA10708:
Ready to Unfurl Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-27 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm
Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This image shows an artist's concept of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander snapping a picture of its arm, then transitions to the actual picture of the arm in its stowed configuration, with its biobarrier unpeeled.
PIA10709:
How to Take a Picture of A Robotic Arm Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-27 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Phoenix
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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 2008-05-28 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small channel incised into the floor of the much larger Kasei Valles. Kasei Valles is one of the largest channel systems on Mars
PIA10801:
Kasei Channels
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-28 Mars Phoenix
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This image shows the Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) instrument onboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
PIA10712:
View of Phoenix's Surroundings as of Sol 2
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This approximate color view was obtained on sol 2 by the Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) on board NASA's Mars Phoenix lander. The view is toward the northwest, showing polygonal terrain near the lander and out to the horizon.
PIA10713:
Color view to Northwest of Phoenix
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-28 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This artist's image of an imaginary camera zooming in from above shows the location of the Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander as it acquires an image of the scoop at the end of the arm.
PIA10715:
View from Above of Phoenix's Stowed Robotic Arm Camera Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-28 Mars Phoenix
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This image from Sol 1 shows a mosaic of NASA's Mars Phoenix digging area in the Martian terrain. Phoenix scientists were very pleased with this view as the terrain features few rocks -- an optimal place for digging.
PIA10718:
Phoenix Work Area Animation Animation Icon
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This image of a camera going through the Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) on NASA's Phoenix lander. At the end of the animation is an approximate color mosaic taken by Phoenix's SSI camera.
PIA10719:
Phoenix Sol 2 Northwestern Panorama Animation Icon
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This image shows three color targets taken by the Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) onboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
PIA10720:
Phoenix Color Targets
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This image is a polar projection mosaic of all data received as of the end of sol 2 from the right eye of the Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) instrument onboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
PIA10721:
Phoenix's view of Mars as of the end of Sol 2
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-28 Mars Phoenix
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This is the first image taken by the Robotic Arm Camera on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, one day after landing. The scoop is in the stowed position, awaiting deployment of the robotic arm.
PIA10722:
Phoenix 'Gets the Scoop' on the Scoop
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-29 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a complex region of channels, part of Kasei Valles, one of the large outflow channels on Mars.
PIA10802:
Kasei Valles
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This 360-degree view from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the spacecraft's solar arrays, lander deck and the Martian polar landscape beyond. The hummocky terrain has a network of troughs and very few rocks.
PIA10726:
Sweeping Martian Plains
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-29 Mars Phoenix
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This image from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander of the Canadian-built meteorological station's lidar, which was successfully activated on Sol 2 by first opening its dust cover, then emitting rapid pulses of light.
PIA10727:
Phoenix Lidar Operation Animation Animation Icon
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This image from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Stereo Surface Imager (SSI) taken on Sol 3. It shows the stair-step motion used to unstow the arm from a protective covering called the biobarrier.
PIA10728:
Phoenix Deploying its Robotic Arm Elbow Animation Icon
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 Robotic Arm
Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This image was taken by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Stereo Surface Imager (SSI) on Sol 3. It illustrates the actions that Phoenix's Robotic Arm took to deploy its wrist.
PIA10730:
Phoenix Deploying its Wrist Animation Icon
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Fun, fairy-tale nicknames have been assigned to features in this animated view of the workspace reachable by the robotic arm of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander. For example, 'Sleepy Hollow' denotes a trench and 'Headless' designates a rock.
PIA10731:
A Fairy-Tale Landscape Animation Icon
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 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This image shows the workspace reachable by the scoop on the robotic arm of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, along with some measurements of rock sizes.
PIA10732:
Phoenix Checks out its Work Area Animation Icon
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander sees its shadow and turns its head viewing solar arrays, the lander deck and landscape on the polar arctic of Mars. Very few rocks are present on the hummocky terrain and network of troughs.
PIA10733:
Martian Arctic Landscape Panorama Video Animation Icon
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows a fish-eye view of a hummocky terrain with troughs on martian polar terrain.
PIA10734:
Fish Eye View of Horizon and Lander
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-30 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey is south of Alba patera. This volcanic vent is the source of the lava flows surrounding it.
PIA10803:
Volcanic Vent
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-30 Mars Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
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Gypsum Dunes North of Phoenix Landing Site
PIA10946:
Gypsum Dunes North of Phoenix Landing Site
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-30 Mars Phoenix
 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows details of features on Mars in the background. Phoenix's parachute, backshell, heatshield, and impact site can also be seen.
PIA10735:
Phoenix Site Panorama
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 Surface Stereo Imager (SSI)
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This image is of the Canadian-built lidar in operation (with the cover open) was acquired at the NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander landing site on Sol 3.
PIA10736:
Weather Station's Lidar in Action Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-30 Mars Viking
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This image was taken by NASA's Viking Lander 1 on August 1, 1976, 12 sols after landing. The soil beneath Viking 1 has been exposed due to exhaust from thruster engines during descent.
PIA10738:
Mars Surface near Viking Lander 1 Footpad
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Add Image to Favorite List 2008-05-30 Mars Phoenix
 Robotic Arm Camera (RAC)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows that exhaust from the descent engine has blown soil off to reveal either rock or ice.
PIA10739:
Mars Surface Beneath Phoenix
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