HiRISE 3D: Unit Morphology in the Syrtis Major Region

This image can help us to look for stratigraphic relationships among three mineral bearing units detected with the CRISM instrument: carbonate, olivine, and serpentine.

https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_040970_1975_ESP_040904_1975_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiPOD 16 Oct 23: At the Edge

This observation shows us some details of the landscape at the edge of the South Polar layered deposits. When we acquired this image we noticed that spring activity seems to have arrived late here. Our science goal is to compare this image to earlier years for signs of new erosion.

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074353_0975
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HIPOD 13 Oct 23: A Crater in Gorgonum Chaos

One hypothesis proposes that the region of Eridania (where Gorgonum Chaos is located) to be volcanic in origin, and this conflicts with a previous interpretation that suggested this region to be an ancient inland sea. This HiRISE observation of the formations here (called “chaotic terrain”) can help to investigate the origin of this landscape.

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074396_1425
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiPOD 12 Oct 23: Layers Upon Layers

Also visible in a Context Camera image, the objective of this observation is to examine part of a large field of layered terrain. In fact, much of this fairly large crater in northeast Meridiani Planum contains many layers, making for a stunning landscape.

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074350_1825
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiPOD 11 Oct 23: Dune Monitoring in an Impact Crater

This very interesting image was requested to look for seasonal dune changes and to monitor frost deposition, evolution and sublimation. The Context Camera was also requested to ride-along to help with frost detection with its larger footprint. We can also look for detailed surface measurements.

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074339_2360
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiPOD 10 Oct 23: Lava-Crater Interaction in Elysium Planitia

This observation truly shows the ravages of time: we see here an interaction of crater topography with ancient lava, which can be informative for analysis. This footprint is deliberately biased to the west because the lower eastern rim should be more interesting. The InSight mission landed in Elysium Planitia in 2018.

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074239_1860
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiPOD 9 Oct 23: Unique Terrain near Memnonia Sulci

This observation features a unique, strange wavy terrain, also visible in Context Camera images, could be evidence of a combination of windblow n and fluvial processes. Memnonia Sulci is part of the Medusae Fossae Formation, a region of soft, easily eroded deposits that extends for nearly 5,000km (3,106 mi) along the equator of Mars between Olympus Mons and Apollinaris Mons.

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074238_1705
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiRISE 3D: Contact between Light-Toned Deposits and Wallrock

This image is centered on the largest and best exposure of light-toned layered deposits that appear to drape wallrock materials.

https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_041068_1720_ESP_040435_1720_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

HiPOD 5 Oct 23: Light-Toned Materials in an Impact Crater

The rationale for this observation was to get high resolution images to see more details about the light-toned deposits in an unnamed crater: could they be more sulfates or other hydrated materials? This scene is directly east of the large Aram Chaos impact crater.

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074232_1830
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiRISE 3D: A Tyrrhena Terra Crater with Altered Minerals

Tyrrhena Terra is typical of the southern Martian landscape, with heavily cratered highlands and other rugged terrain.

https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_041009_1680_ESP_032477_1680_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiPOD: Steep Slopes in West Melas Chasma

Another image on the hunt for recurring slope lineae (RSL): there were excellent RSL candidates in a 2014 observation with much better examples than the RSL site located just to the northwest, so we want to monitor this one instead. We also want to take a closer look at the bedrock. Melas Chasma is the widest segment of the Valles Marineris canyon, and is an area where MRO has detected the presence of sulfates.

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074221_1680
NASA/UArizona

HiPOD 3 Oct 23: Slope Monitoring

The potential recurring slope lineae (RSL) we have viewed in this area are large and have high contrast. Most importantly we see multiple examples of RSL flowing on bedrock, alternating between bedrock and regolith and bedrock and regolith, and then regolith only. Do these candidate RSL fade? Do only the regolith RSL fade? Do they all lengthen?

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074089_1670
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

HiRISE 3D: Possible Ice-Related Features in an Argyre Region Crater

The science rationale was to look at stratigraphic relationships between (1) gullies, (2) latitude-dependent mantling, (3) arcuate ridges, and (4) concentric ridges on the crater floor.

https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_041951_1350_ESP_042241_1350_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

HiPOD 2 Oct 23: Along Samara Valles

This image was requested to look for the source of late discharge along Samara Valles. It appears to emerge from a tributary to the west or further south in convoluted materials. Samara Valles are an elongated set of channels extending 615 kilometers long and were named after the ancient Roman name for modern Somme River, France, in 1976.

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074219_1570
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

HiRISE 10K: Of Dome and Crater

The objective of this observation is to take a look at a dome and adjacent crater also visible in Mars Orbiter Camera images. Did the mound form before the crater, or was it the other way around?

Full cutout on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2p5Mv6L

NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona
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HiRISE 3D: Daedalia Planum Lava Flows

This anaglyph shows contact between two lava flow types in a Daedalia flow field.

https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_042006_1570_ESP_041940_1570_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona

HiPOD 29 Sept 23: Channels on Edge

Also visible in Context Camera data, the objective of this observation is to examine channels on the outside northern edge of a crater. They may have resulted from the heat of impact. The scene itself is located to the east of Huygens Crater.

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074216_1655
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiRISE 8K: A Transition Boundary

The rationale for this target was to acquire high-resolution detail of the contacts of the transition boundary between the Libya Montes and Isidis Planitia.

Full cutout on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2p5GuSv

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HiRISE 3D: Depressions at the Margin of Gigas Sulci

A sulcus (or sulci, plural) is defined as “subparallel furrows and ridges.” This is a purely descriptive term for landforms that could have a variety of origins.

https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_041149_1890_ESP_040661_1890_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiPOD 28 Sept 23: Spiders on the One, Polygons on the Other

Not actual spiders, of course, but formations often caused by sublimation of subsurface ice that create spider-like patterns. This image was acquired to study the influence of exposure to the sun’s rays on spider versus polygon development in terrain like this.

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074203_1015
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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