…As NASA’s Curiosity rover descended on Mars, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an image of Curiosity and its parachute with the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera. An image…
Several types of downhill flow features have been observed on Mars. This image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is an example…
A dramatic, fresh impact crater dominates this image taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on November 19, 2013. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of…
…The area is at Palikir Crater in the southern hemisphere of Mars. The photograph is from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera. The composition information, as an image…
…MRO’s High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE). HiRISE observations now have documented RSL at dozens of sites on Mars. The new study pairs HiRISE observations with mineral mapping by MRO’s…
…waveband (monochrome) product from HiRISE observation ESP_031059_1685, taken on March 12, 2013, at 11.5 degrees south latitude, 290.3 degrees east longitude. Other image products from this observation are at http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_031059_1685….
…than darkening due to flowing water. The image is from the HiRISE camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UA/USGS Seasonal dark streaks on Mars that previously were described as…
HiRISE camera view of Krupac crater on Mars featuring gullies along the rim and RSL lower down the crater wall. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona A team of researchers led by…
…(minus 123 degrees Celsius). The HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured these images of sand dunes covered by frost just after winter solstice. The frost here is a…
…objects on the order of 91 centimeters [35.8 inches] across are resolved.) North is up. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona HiRISE stands for High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment. It is a…
Colorized 3D Model of Zumba Crater. Credit: NASA/JPL/UA While examining detailed images of Martian impact craters from the HiRISE camera, Western University scientists discovered further evidence for the interaction between…
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped this series of false-color pictures of sand dunes in the north polar region of Mars. Credit:…
…a slope on Mars before coming to rest in an upright attitude at the downhill end of the track. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona A newly released image from the HiRISE…
…detailed in a geological map produced by the U.S. Geological Survey and based on observations by the HiRISE camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The landforms include a series of…
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, nearing the 10th anniversary of its arrival at Mars, used its High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera to obtain this view of an area with…
…close-up of a trough, along with channels draining into the depression. Some HiRISE images show strange-looking formations. Sometimes it helps to look at Context Camera images to understand the circumstances…
An image taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) using the HiRISE camera has captured a recently formed (within the past 10 years) impact crater that caused a slope streak….
…The High Resolution Camera Experiment (HiRISE) camera did the same for Curiosity in 2012. JPL leads the orbiter’s mission, while the HiRISE instrument is led by the University of Arizona….