HiRISE (NASA)
HiRISE is a high resolution camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (NASA). We take images of the surface of Mars. Based out of UArizona in Tucson.
Joined Aug 2018
HiPOD 2 Nov 2022: Pocked Craters of Mars
Woah, no need to reach for the benzoyl peroxide or pimple patches! These reddish and white patches are actually depressions (not hills), still covered in seasonal carbon dioxide ice on Mars’ South Polar layered deposits.
This crater cluster is unusual because most craters near the South Pole are single ones.
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Our November 2022 image catalog update: https://www.uahirise.org/releases/2022/nov/
Over 400 new observations.
HiRISE 3D: Sulfate-Rich Stratigraphy in Meridiani Planum Valley
This image was requested to cover existing high-resolution CRISM data.
https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_075405_1825_ESP_074416_1825_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiPOD 1 November 2022: A Ridge Runs through It
Also visible in a Context Camera image, our objective for this observation is to determine the nature of this long ridge to the northeast of Huygens Crater, itself to the west of the massive Hellas impact basin. The ridge is mostly straight, and it might be a dike, but is unlikely to be volcanic in origin.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_071869_1720
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiRISE 3D: Crater!
This impact crater has a nice nighttime infrared signature along with steep slopes. And craters always look cool in 3D.
https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_075450_1330_ESP_074461_1330_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
HiPOD 31 Oct 2022: The Inner-Channel Hypothesis
Data from the Context Camera onboard MRO suggests an inner-channel in this long valley system. HiRISE is needed to check and enable measurement of the channel width. Inner channels are useful for paleohydrology, but they are rarely preserved in long valley systems.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_075392_2095
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiPOD 28 Oct 22: Ice or No Ice?
We noticed what was a probable ice exposure in a 2012 image (ESP_026644_2355) but that section was not in the enhanced color swath. With this observation, we can rectify that. We can also study the scarp in detail for future change detection. Located in Arcadia Planitia, Milankovic is the largest crater in the region with a diameter of 118 kilometers.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_071652_2360
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #NASA
HiRISE 10K: Frosty Slopes in Late Spring
This HiRISE image shows frosted gullies on a south-facing slope within a crater. (See link for full cutout and additional information.)
NASA’s InSight Lander Detects Stunning Meteoroid Impact on Mars — https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-insight-lander-detects-stunning-meteoroid-impact-on-mars
HiRISE 3D: Bedrock Exposures in Nirgal Vallis
Mars Orbiter Camera images shows light-toned bedrock. Our image can study channel form and bedrock stratigraphy in better resolution.
https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_075156_1515_ESP_074945_1515_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiPOD 27 Oct 2022: Monitoring Dust Devil Tracks
Frequent monitoring of dust devil tracks visible in previous images here will allow us to measure the change in the albedo (reflectivity) of the tracks and background area over time to gain insight into regional sediment deposition rates.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_066437_1270
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiRISE 8K: The Rugged Landscape of Hesperia Planum
Hesperia Planum is a broad lava plain in the southern highlands of Mars. The plain is notable for its moderate number of impact craters and abundant wrinkle ridges, and that feature is one that we can see running across the width of this scene. (See link for full cutout and additional info.)
HiRISE 3D: Drainage Divide Migration in Tyrrhena Terra
A new profiling method can determine the history of drainage migration in bedrock-erosion landscapes, but only with high-resolution terrain models as input. HiRISE to the rescue!
https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_074439_1525_ESP_075296_1525_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
HiPOD 26 Oct 2022: Channel-Like Features in the Cerberus Region
In the infrared, these channels contrast clearly with the surrounding terrain, but are likely relatively shallow. High-resolution stereo observations could shed some additional light on the character and age of these channels, allowing them to be placed in context with nearby features like the Cerberus Fossae.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_075175_1935
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #NASA
HiRISE 4K: Diverse Landforms and Lithologies near Nili Fossae
This portion of our 2010 image shows spectacular Noachian-epoch diversity with the rock and mineralogy. The Noachian age of Mars goes back approximately 3 to 4.5 billion years ago and was a promising era for a possible emergence of life on Mars. (See link for full cutout.)
https://flic.kr/p/2nVeoP4
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiRISE 3D: Martin Crater Central Uplift
A wonderful look at some amazing stratigraphy. The uplift might have been the result of rebound from an oblique impact.
https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_075157_1585_ESP_074946_1585_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiPOD 25 Oct 2022: The Outer Rim of Asimov Crater
Carbon dioxide ice has been observed in gullies in this region previously. As time progresses, and the dry ice sublimates away, water ice might be uncovered that can be observed with CRISM instrument. We also want to study any changes in the deposits associated with the gullies. This image is on the southwest outer rim of Asimov Crater.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_065988_1320
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #NASA
HiRISE 3D: A Channel near Huygens Crater
Also visible in a Context Camera image, Huygens is directly north of here.
https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_074915_1605_ESP_075271_1605_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science
HiRISE (NASA)
HiRISE is a high resolution camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (NASA). We take images of the surface of Mars. Based out of UArizona in Tucson.
Joined Aug 2018