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
Webb Telescope Peers into Puffy Planet with Clouds of Sand
A mere 200 light-years away, there's a planet with the density of styrofoam and clouds of sand. How did it get so weird?
HiRISE 3D: Knob on a Polar Layered Deposit in an Area Not Well Observed
The objective here is to determine origin of this solitary knob: was it impact related?
https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_032178_0920_ESP_031992_0920_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
HiPOD: A View of Polar Dunes
This image was acquired to study interactions between active sand dunes and polar ice. As the dunes migrate (towards the lower right of the full image), they leave behind bright regions where dust has been removed from the polar ice. Bits of very bright seasonal frost are present on the sides of the dunes.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_080623_2590
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
Is it Life, or is It Volcanoes? — Astronomers are working hard to understand biosignatures and how they indicate life's presence on an exoplanet. But each planet we encounter is a unique puzzle. https://phys.org/news/2023-09-life-volcanoes.html
HiRISE 3D: Shadows and Slopes
A simple objective here: to look for any changes on this crater wall from an earlier observation.
Full image: https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_035264_1420_ESP_026983_1420_RED
NASA’s Mars Fleet Will Still Conduct Science While Lying Low
HiPOD: Gully Monitoring
Scientists monitor the many pristine gullies on Mars to find changes and determine the seasons when they are most active. This image will be compared to a prior image with very similar lighting and viewing angles to search for any changes. The cutout has enhanced colors.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_080786_2270
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #NASA
HiClip mini 4K: Λάθε βιώσας (Live Hidden)
This observation was acquired to fill in HiRISE coverage where CRISM data already exists.
This is a non-narrated clip with ambient sound.
HiRISE 3D: Flecks of Ice
There’s a polar theme with our 3D pics! This image shows layered deposits at the edge of a scarp.
https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_036003_2610_ESP_035963_2610_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
HiPOD: Boulders Tumbling Down a Mesa in Cassini Crater
This image shows layered mesas in Cassini Crater. The cutout highlights boulders that have tumbled down the hill of one mesa. Two dark streaks that end at boulders may mark very recent events.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_080784_2035
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #NASA
Web, Hubble Telescopes Team Up to Create “Most Colorful View of the Universe”
Webb Shows Planets Really Do Start with Pebbles —
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/webb-shows-planets-really-do-start-with-pebbles/
HiRISE 3D: Chasma Boreale Interior Scarp
More beautiful 3D imagery of cliffs in the North Pole of Mars.
https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_036977_2645_ESP_036436_2645_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #3D
HiPOD: Drainage Divide Migration in Tyrrhena Terra
A profiling method can determine the history of drainage migration in bedrock-erosion landscapes, but only with high-resolution terrain models as input. HiRISE stereo was requested as Context Camera digital terrain model resolution would likely not be adequate for this purpose.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074439_1525
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #NASA
HiRISE Epigrammata
“Now small fowls flew, screaming over the yet yawning gulf; a sullen white surf beat against its steep sides; then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.”
—Herman Melville, “Moby Dick”
HiRISE 10K: A Bounty of Dark Dunes
The North Polar layered deposits (NPLD) are a stack of dusty water-ice layers that are thought to record information about past Martian climates.
Full cutout on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2pePRMU
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
HiRISE 3D: Rappeler’s Delight!
Scarps such as this have either active mass wasting or potential for current mass wasting. Comparison to previous years helps to document new activity in scarp erosion.
https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_036906_2640_ESP_036576_2640_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science
HiPOD: Eroded Sedimentary Rock Layers
The layered sedimentary rocks of Mars are of interest as indicators of ancient climate change. This scene was also captured in stereo so stereo anaglyphs are available to show the dramatic steep slopes of this eroded landscape.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_080568_1670
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science
HiRISE 8K: Streaks Emanating from Hale Crater
This image shows areas of bedrock (light areas) that appear to have been grooved or scoured in a uniform direction.
Full cutout on Flickr-> https://flic.kr/p/2pePMNS
HiRISE 3D: Alluvial Fans in Southeastern Mojave Crater
Love, love, LUV Mojave Crater! Our objective is to characterize grain and topographic shape.
https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_039695_1875_ESP_040618_1875_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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