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
HiRISE 8K: Exposure of the South Polar Layered Deposits
These South Polar layered deposits show interesting wavy patterns that may be due either to simple erosion or to some kind of flow and folding. Full cutout on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2putFT1
HiRISE 3D: Branching Deposits in Southeast Aeolis Dorsa
Branching deposits in this area have been shown to be consistent with river deltas. Here, we want to make similar measurements of the delta deposits in this region.
https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_079250_1735_ESP_079817_1735_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #NASA
HiPOD: Impact Structure in Brain Terrain
We call the convoluted flow textures seen in the middle latitudes "brain terrain" because it resembles the cerebral cortex of human brains.
Here we see a relatively large (280-meter diameter) circular structure that is most likely a relaxed impact crater. Both the brain terrain and the relaxed crater are consistent with ice-rich ground.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_080792_2210
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #NASA
HiRISE 4K: Layering in the Upper Walls of Valles Marineris
The layers, exposed in most rock outcrops in this image, are most likely lava flows from flood lavas that once erupted across the region. Full cutout on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2puaQv4
HiRISE 3D: Stratigraphy Exposed in Ausonia Cavus
An earlier image shoed an excellent exposure of diverse strata, but it’s the crater near the edge that draws our attention here.
Full image: https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/PSP_009889_1480_ESP_079872_1480_RED
HiPOD: Dark Craters
This image caught something interesting. Most of the surface is smooth regolith peppered with small craters. However, some of the craters are notably dark compared with everything else in the image.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_080463_1950
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #NASA
Mystery Objects Uncovered in Globular Clusters —
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/mystery-objects-uncovered-in-globular-clusters/
HiClip mini 4K: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pits
The objective of this observation is to determine the nature of a line of pits along a narrow ridge in Cydonia Mensae. (This is a non-narrated clip with ambient sound.)
https://youtu.be/wNfNftNtQaQ
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #NASA
HiRISE 3D: Dunes in Abalos Undae
Our science goal is to investigate the relationship between furrows on dunes and wind, both formation and erasure.
https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_079970_2615_ESP_079996_2615_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #NASA
HiPOD: Gullies in Acidalia Planitia
This crater is located in Acidalia Planitia. It is situated in a sparsely cratered area of elongated mounds and hosts a variety of gully forms on its eastern, northern, and western interior slopes. This observation is centered on the crater’s western slope and captures gullies with prominent alcoves, boulders, and outcrops.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_080430_2310
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #NASA
HiRISE 3D: Large Clay Deposit near Magelhaens Crater
The CaSSIS mission identified nice colors and an interesting deposit in this locale.
https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_078827_1485_ESP_080449_1485_RED
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science
HiPOD: Flowing Rivers on Ancient Mars
This image of ridges in Aeolis Planum tells a story of ancient rivers and a Mars very different to that of today. River beds often get filled with gravel and the surrounding terrain is often built up of fine-grained mud from river overflows. These ridges show the location of the old river beds in Mars' distant past.
More: https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_080081_1735
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science
HiPOD: Pitted Cones: Possible Methane Sources?
This observation shows relatively bright mounds scattered throughout darker and diverse surfaces in Chryse Planitia. These mounds are hundreds of meters in size. The largest of the mounds shows a central pit, similar to the collapsed craters found at the summit of some volcanoes on Earth. The origins of these pitted mounds or cratered cones are uncertain.
More: https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_055307_2215
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #NASA
HiRISE After Dark
#NowPlaying > Chihei Hatakeyama > Requiem for Black Night and Earth Spiders
https://music.apple.com/us/album/requiem-for-black-night-and-earth-spiders/1468907532
HiRISE 10K: A Layered Pit in Noctis Labyrinthus
The pit in this image has exposed older material that was laid down in many layers. Full cutout on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2ptiyQk
HiRISE 8K: Layered Sediments in Tithonium Chasma
This image shows a large outcrop of layered rock in Tithonium Chasma, a part of the Valles Marineris trough system.
Full cutout on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2pt3CAw
An Irregular Pit Chain near Sirenum Fossae
Are these chains of pits actually fissure vents?
Full image: https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_079274_1535_ESP_079841_1535_RED
HiPOD: Valleys into a Central Pit
The valleys in this crater flow to the crater’s central pit. The valleys are relatively small for Mars (about 100 meters). In order to determine the paleo-discharges of potential paleo-rivers into the pit, high resolution imagery and digital terrain models are needed. With this data a better understanding of the water requirements for this crater can be determined.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074754_1825
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #NASA
HiRISE 3D: A Crater Exposing Deposits at a Candidate ExoMars Landing Site in Oxia Planum
CaSSIS color data indicates that this crater has excavated and exposing an enigmatic bright white unit also captured by CRISM. Our 3D image is useful for reconstructing the stratigraphy.
Full image: https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_080140_1980_ESP_079652_1980_RED
HiPOD: An Interesting Mesa
Also captured in a Context Camera image, the science objective of this observation is to examine a layered mesa in a small crater. What makes this mesa interesting is that the layers are not horizontal and there are several striations on the top. The crater is under 1,500 meters in diameter.
https://www.uahirise.org/ESP_074745_2105
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #NASA
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