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 16 Jun 23: Cyclic Stratigraphy
The lower portion of this central mound in Kaporo Crater contains an additional portion of the stratigraphic record exhibiting cyclic characteristics visible in related Context Camera imagery. The addition of this image will enable correlation with stratigraphy in an earlier HiRISE picture to build a more complete stratigraphic inventory.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_073677_1800
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiRISE 8K: Defrosting Dunes
The goal of this observation is to monitor the defrosting of these dunes (or dust ridges?) for the next Martian spring.
Full cutout on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2oHcGeE
HiRISE 4K: Tracking Percy
This 2022 image shows some of the tracks left by the Perseverance rover as it traveled to the west of this location in Jezero Crater.
Full cutout on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2oH2BpJ
HiPOD 15 Jun 23: Slope Monitoring in Hale Crater
In a 2013 image, we saw abundant slope lineae, and it is early in the season for them to appear at this latitude. When are these active? Are they leftovers from last year? High resolution data will allow for the refinement of the previous observation to distinguish more, including evaporitic deposits if present.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_073679_1440
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiRISE 3D: A Fresh 2-Kilometer Diameter Impact Crater
In a THEMIS image, this crater looked quite “fresh” for its size.
https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_018219_2155_ESP_078576_2155_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiPOD 14 Jun 23: Crater Rim, Exposed
This crater contains exposures in the rim that can corroborate prevailing hypotheses for Oxia Planum’s geologic history ahead of future landing for the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover. This observation is intended to provide context for a CaSSIS instrument image suggestion.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_073652_1980
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiRISE Mars 4K (NASA): Wasting Away…
The geologic term “mass wasting” refers to the movement of material, usually landslides. (This is a non-narrated clip with ambient sound.)
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
HiRISE 3D: The Quiet Place
This image of a part of the terrain in the mid-latitudes of Mars did not have much by way of science rationale, so we’ll let the 3D beauty speak for itself.
https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_078308_2145_ESP_078453_2145_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
HiPOD 13 Jun 23: A Fracture with Possible Channels
Another HiWish suggestion: “Some of the features nearby look like channels possibly carved by water. There are canyons or gullies in the walls of the fracture, which also might have been recently carved by water. Since there are other fractures like this in the region and elsewhere on Mars, we also want to understand how it formed.“
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_073634_1895
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiRISE 3D: A Modified Fan in Shalbatana Vallis
This pic features a small, modified fan feature running into the base of Shalbatana Vallis. Higher resolution imagery may reveal smaller fluvial features such as steps and characterize the headwater channels south of the target region.
https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_068457_1760_ESP_078598_1760_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
HiPOD 12 Jun 23: A Landform in Ares Vallis
An image request from our public targeting tool HiWish: “A HiRISE image is required to study tectonic deformation of Ares Vallis. A HiRISE digital terrain model can show the angle of fault plains. It is important to understand the degree of deformation to determine elevation changes across the region.”
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_073639_1950
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiRISE 10K: Colles harenosi
Dunes are particularly suited to comprehensive planetary studies because they are abundant over a wide range of elevations and terrain types. (Colles harenosi is Latin for “sand dunes”.)
Full cutout on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2oFVazZ
HiPOD 9 Jun 23: A Rimless Crater with Gullies
This observation targets an approximately 7.5-kilometer rimless crater located within a large bedrock plain. This crater is unusual because nearby craters in roughly the same degradation state still possess raised rims. This crater may thus represent a volcanic vent that is known as a “maar.”
HiRISE 8K: Dunes of Another World
This enhanced color cutout is a part of a global scale study of Martian dunes that serves a dual purpose in furthering understanding of both climatic and sedimentary processes.
Full cutout on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2oFL8hQ
HiRISE 3D: A Scarp with Yardangs
Sounds like a dish! Best served cold on Mars.
https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_078326_1735_ESP_078260_1735_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
HiPOD 8 Jun 23: Slope Streaks in Acheron Fossae
This region is covered in thick layers of dust. On steep slopes, this dust occasionally becomes unstable and flows downhill, like small avalanches. The dark streaks are the scars left behind from these dust avalanches. The brighter dust is removed, revealing the darker rocks underneath.
HiRISE 4K: On the Floor of Mawrth Vallis
We want to look for potential textural differences between new hydrated mineral and adjacent clays.
Full cutout on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2oFxm5i
HiRISE 3D: A Scarp in Claritas Fossae
This 3D pic covers a very fresh-looking scarp/fault in the region which might be still tectonically active (based on some InSight observations). We aim to study the shape of this scarp and reveal it age and show if young tectonic activity is active here or not.
https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_078218_1575_ESP_078152_1575_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
HiPOD 7 Jun 23: Craters and Wind Streaks
There are two prominent types of craters (semi-circular depressions) in this observation. The first are pits in the upper half of the image, which formed through collapse of the surface into underground caverns that are part of the Cerberus Fossae. The second are impact craters in the lower section that formed through the collision of meteoroids into the planet’s surface.
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