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
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HiRISE 3D: Terrain Southwest of Jezero Crater
The terrain isn’t always plain on Mars.
Full image: https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_080888_1980_ESP_079345_1980_RED
HiRISE 3D: Possible Rhythmite-Rich Terrain
The rationale notes: "To do science with rhythmite, one must map rhythmite thicknesses which requires HiRISE stereo." Indeed!
Full image: https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_080779_1670_ESP_080568_1670_RED
HiPOD: Landforms in the Northeast Syrtis Major Region
With this observation, we want to study the relationship between layered sulfates in northeast Syrtis and paleotopography: was it draping or progressive submergence of land by an advancing sea? (This is also known as “onlap.”) HiRISE resolution can help to trace layers and fit bedding orientations.
HiPOD: Cliff Watchin’
Our science goal is to monitor seasonal frost on an icy scarp with known changes (falling rocks) and then get summer images to compare for other changes while well-lit and look at within-summer sublimation effects.
HiPOD: Boulders in Gully Alcoves
Gullies are often found on steep slopes. In the winter, this area is covered with a layer of carbon dioxide ice (dry ice). In the spring, when the ice warms up and transitions to gas, it dislodges material on the slope, forming a gully.
In general, this process works best on fine material, leaving behind large boulders. These boulders can be seen collected in the gully alcoves.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_039747_1090
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiRISE 10K: Gullies in Russell Crater
Our science goal is to search for gully activity in a new zone on a major dune in Russell Crater.
Full cutout on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2piKKa3
HiRISE 3D: Landscape Evolution in Cydonia Mensae
This large massif has slumped into an area of fretted plains and small valleys via varied geological and morphological processes, one of which perhaps tectonic.
Full image: https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_080957_2210_ESP_072926_2210_RED
HiPOD: Layers in a Crater Depression near Auqakuh Vallis
Also visible in a Context Camera image, the objective of this observation is to examine layers in and around a depression on a crater floor. Auqakuh Vallis is an ancient river valley about 312 kilometers in length, and is named for the word for “Mars” in Quechua (Inca).
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074440_2100
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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HiRISE 4K: Jeans Crater Dunes
New spider formations (also known as “araneiforms”) have been located here.
Full cutout on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2piPTW2
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
HiRISE 3D: Cliffs and Patterned Ground near Hellas Basin
There is basketball-like patterned ground here that also surrounds the steep, rocky cliffs.
Full image: https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_040601_1460_ESP_041036_1460_RED
HiPOD: An Inlet Valley to Jezero Crater
Our science goal is to study the fluvial bedforms in this inlet valley located to the west of Jezero. With stereo and a digital terrain model, we can obtain information about cross-sections in the topography.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074413_1990
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #NASA
Mars’s Interior May Have an Extra Layer of Molten Rock
https://eos.org/articles/marss-interior-may-have-an-extra-layer-of-molten-rock
Mars horizon captured in new image: “No Mars spacecraft has ever had this kind of view before” - CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mars-landscape-moon-captured-new-images-odyssey-orbiter/
HiRISE 3D: A Tyrrhena Terra Crater with Altered Minerals
Not much by way of an image rationale, but the bedrock and dark dunes in this 3D image are worth staring at for a while.
Full image: https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_041009_1680_ESP_032477_1680_RED
HiPOD: Crater on a Wrinkle Ridge
This observation can inform us about the impact cratering process here along this wrinkle ridge, as well as see if there are any flow ejecta on the side of the crater wall. We can also take a look at the topography of the wrinkle ridge and its direction and shape.
https://www.uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074392_1995
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #NASA
HiRISE 3D: Would You Land Here?
While it might look tempting, our 3D images of areas within potential landing ellipses can help us determine where safe places are for future missions.
Full image: https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_027393_1675_ESP_028448_1675_RED
HiPOD: Steep Southern Slopes
Slopes in southern Coprates Chasma, to be exact. We have very little existing imagery along this portion of Coprates’s south wall. This observation will fill in the gaps and get unique coverage as we also look for colorful slopes of mafic materials.
https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074392_1655
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #NASA
The Search For “Brain Coral” On Mars: It’s not just dried up lakes and river valleys that suggest the action of liquid water on the Martian surface, say planetary geologists.
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/the-search-for-brain-coral-on-mars
HiRISE 3D: Streamlined Features in Olympica Fossae
Always a scenic target in a dusty region with few other good targets.
Full image: https://www.uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_028463_2035_ESP_027342_2035_RED
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