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https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05802 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA05802_modest.jpg | NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows thin deposits of bright dust forming tails in the lee of craters in Acidalia Planitia on Mars. | 23 April 2004Thin deposits of bright dust often form tails in the lee of craters in Acidalia Planitia. This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) picture shows an example from southern Acidalia near 23.0°N, 39.6°W. The dominant winds blow from the upper right (northeast) toward the lower left (southwest)... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05664 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA05664_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey released on March 30, 2004 shows an area in Elysium Planitia near Isidis Planitia on Mars. The channel formation is surface controlled, while the lava-tube creation is mainly structurally controlled. | Released 30 March 2004The Odyssey spacecraft has completed a full Mars year of observations of the red planet. For the next several weeks the Image of the Day will look back over this first mars year. It will focus on four themes: 1) the poles - with the seasonal changes seen in the retreat and expansion of the caps; 2... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA25909 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA25909_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows an unnamed crater in Terra Sabaea. | Context imageToday's VIS image shows an unnamed crater in Terra Sabaea. The central peak of the crater has been surrounded by a deposit of material that is easily eroded, as shown by the wind eroded features on the south side of the deposit. Several craters in this region have large deposits of materials on the crater ... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24673 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA24673_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the rim of Hargraves Crater. Located between Nili Fossae and Isidis Planitia, Hargraves Crater is 60km (37 miles) in diameter. | Context imageThe THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations of the surface not easily identified in a single band image. Today's false color image shows part of the rim of Har... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15438 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA15438_modest.jpg | The unnamed channel in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft is located on the northeastern margin of Tempe Terra. | Context imageThe unnamed channel in today's VIS image is located on the northeastern margin of Tempe Terra.Orbit Number: 44892 Latitude: 45.4734 Longitude: 303.648 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2012-01-27 16:09Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory m... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA09291 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA09291_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows an area just outside Mars' south polar cap region. The dark leaf-shaped features are material moving down slope and then down valley. | Context image for PIA09291Moving Down ValleyThis image is located just outside the south polar cap region. The dark leaf-shaped features are material moving down slope and then down valley. Note that the broad end of the features are located over dark outcrops.Image information: VIS instrument. Latitude -66.2N, Longitu... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07122 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA07122_modest.jpg | NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows layered outcrops of sediment deposited in southern Chryse Planitia by flow through the Hypanis Valles system in Xanthe Terra on Mars. The distinct inverted boat hull-shaped ridges are yardangs formed by wind erosion. | 7 December 2004This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows layered outcrops of sediment deposited in southern Chryse Planitia by flow through the Hypanis Valles system in Xanthe Terra. The distinct inverted boat hull-shaped ridges are yardangs formed by wind erosion. These materials are locate... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA12994 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA12994_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a portion of the floor in Palos Crater on equatorial Mars. The floor appears bumpy with high-standing layered knobs; most of its terrain is weathering into meter-size (yard-size) polygonal blocks. | This image shows a portion of the floor in Palos Crater on equatorial Mars. The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recorded this image on March 8, 2010. The target for this HiRISE observation was a suggestion submitted through the camera team's HiWish public... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21149 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA21149_modest.jpg | This graphic shows proportions of minerals identified in mudstone exposures at the 'Yellowknife Bay' location where NASA's Curiosity Mars rover first analyzed bedrock, in 2013, and at the 'Murray Buttes' area investigated in 2016. | This graphic shows proportions of minerals identified in mudstone exposures at the "Yellowknife Bay" location where NASA's Curiosity Mars rover first analyzed bedrock, in 2013, and at the "Murray Buttes" area investigated in 2016.Minerals were identified by X-ray diffraction analysis of sample powder from the rocks. Th... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA03693 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA03693_modest.jpg | This channel is located south of Iani Chaos on Mars as seen by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft. | Context image for PIA03693ChannelThis channel is located south of Iani Chaos.Image information: VIS instrument. Latitude -10.9N, Longitude 345.5E. 17 meter/pixel resolution.Note: this THEMIS visual image has not been radiometrically nor geometrically calibrated for this preliminary release. An empirical correction has ... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07993 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA07993_modest.jpg | This mosaic from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a region of martian troughs named Nili Fossae. The olivine-rich exposures appear magenta to purple-blue in this color-coding. | Colors indicate infrared emission signatures in this mosaic of images from NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter of a region of martian troughs named Nili Fossae. Analysis of this information from Odyssey's Thermal Emission Imaging System suggests that a deposit rich in the mineral olivine is about four times larger than indicat... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00817 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA00817_modest.jpg | The 'Mini Matterhorn' is a 3/4 meter rock immediately east-southeast of NASA's Mars Pathfinder lander. This image was produced by combining the 'Super pan' frames from the IMP camera. Sol 1 began on July 4, 1997. | The "Mini Matterhorn" is a 3/4 meter rock immediately east-southeast of the Mars Pathfinder lander. This image, along with PIA00816 and PIA00818, shows how super resolution techniques can be applied to nearfield targets to help to address questions about the texture of the rocks at the landing site and what it might te... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA25823 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA25823_modest.jpg | Morgan Montalvo, another JPL engineer, sets guardrails on the floor below the prototype in a test of a scenario where the lander would stub a toe against a rock while touching down on Mars. | Morgan Montalvo, an engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, sets guardrails on the floor below a prototype of the lander being designed for the agency's Mars Sample Return campaign. These guardrails were used to test a scenario where the lander would "stub a toe" against a rock while touching down on Mars.The Sam... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20442 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA20442_modest.jpg | This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a portion of Hrad Valles. Hrad Valles is one of the many valley systems located west of the Elysium volcanic complex. | Context imageThis VIS image shows a portion of Hrad Valles. Hrad Valles is one of the many valley systems located west of the Elysium volcanic complex. The channel system may have been formed by the flow of both lava and water.Orbit Number: 62506 Latitude: 37.5228 Longitude: 139.901 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2016-01-16... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23386 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA23386_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a delta deposit that was created by the flow from the rim channel into the crater. | Context imageAt the top of today's VIS image is a delta deposit that was created by the flow from the rim channel into the crater. Deltas form when sediments settle out due to a decrease in speed of a river system. Deltas often form where large rivers flow into the ocean, like the Mississippi and Nile deltas. This can ... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA10922 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA10922_modest.jpg | This image was acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander on June 26, 2008. Seen are trenches informally called 'Snow White 1' (left), 'Snow White 2' (right), and within the Snow White 2 trench, the smaller scraping area called 'Snow White 3.' | This image was acquired by NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Surface Stereo Imager on the 31st Martian day of the mission, or Sol 31 (June 26, 2008), after the May 25, 2008 landing. This image shows the trenches informally called "Snow White 1" (left), "Snow White 2" (right), and within the Snow White 2 trench, the smaller ... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22784 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA22784_modest.jpg | This image acquired on May 9, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a large, 50-kilometer diameter crater with a mountain-like central peak formed from uplifted material below. | Map Projected Browse ImageClick on image for larger versionLarge craters, like this 50-kilometer diameter one, can uplift material from below and form a mountain-like central peak. Craters of this size on Mars become unstable as they form and collapse due to gravity. Craters with central peaks and terraced rims are ref... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA26059 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA26059_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the floor of Kaiser Crater. | Context imageThe THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations of the surface not easily identified in a single band image. Today's false color image shows part of the floor of K... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02987 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA02987_modest.jpg | NASA's Viking 1 Orbiter color mosaic of the eastern Tharsis region on Mars. At left, from top to bottom, are the three 25 km high volcanic shields, Ascraeus Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Arsia Mons. | Viking 1 Orbiter color mosaic of the eastern Tharsis region on Mars. At left, from top to bottom, are the three 25 km high volcanic shields, Ascraeus Mons, Pavonis Mons, and Arsia Mons. The shield at upper right is Tharsis Tholus. The canyon system at lower right is Noctis Labyrinthus, the westernmost extension of Vall... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16250 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA16250_modest.jpg | This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the dune field on the floor of Brashear Crater. | Context imageToday's VIS image shows part of the dune field on the floor of Brashear Crater.Orbit Number: 49052 Latitude: -53.4147 Longitude: 240.117 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-01-04 (All day)Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00985 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA00985_modest.jpg | Pebbles are seen in lander images, along with cobbles. For example, this image taken by NASA's Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) shows the same pebbles that were visible in the Sojourner rover image of the 'Cabbage Patch.' Sol 1 began on July 4, 1997. | Pebbles are seen in lander images, along with cobbles. For example, in this picture, we see the same pebbles that were visible in the Sojourner rover image of the "Cabbage Patch" (PIA00984). In addition, a cobble within the rock "Lamb" (upper left) is apparent. This indicates that Lamb may be a conglomerate (Lamb is 0.... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA25514 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA25514_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the northern cliff face of Ophir Chasma. | Context imageToday's VIS image shows part of the northern cliff face of Ophir Chasma. The bottom of the image is covered in deposits from large landslides. The dark band in the center of the image is a layer of material that is more resistant than the other parts of the cliff face. This layer is likely a thick volcanic... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05330 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA05330_modest.jpg | This image shows the patch of soil at the bottom of the shallow depression dubbed 'Laguna Hollow' where NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit began trenching in 2004. Seen here are a clustering of small pebbles and crack-like fine lines. | This image shows the patch of soil at the bottom of the shallow depression dubbed "Laguna Hollow" where the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit will soon begin trenching. Scientists are intrigued by the clustering of small pebbles and the crack-like fine lines, which indicate a coherent surface that expands and contracts. A ... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA13645 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA13645_modest.jpg | A branch of Nanedi Valles entered a crater and deposited a delta that fills the majority of the crater floor. This image was captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey. | Context imageA branch of Nanedi Valles entered a crater and deposited a delta that fills the majority of the crater floor.Orbit Number: 39113 Latitude: 8.4095 Longitude: 312.02 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2010-10-08 21:56Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.NASA's Jet Propulsion... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08064 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA08064_modest.jpg | This image shows coarse-grained layers from around the edge of a low plateau called 'Home Plate' inside Mars' Gusev Crater | This image shows coarse-grained layers from around the edge of a low plateau called "Home Plate" inside Mars' Gusev Crater. One possible origin is material falling to the ground after being thrown aloft by an explosion such as a volcanic eruption or meteorite impact.The panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Explorat... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24335 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA24335_modest.jpg | The HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was able to capture this image of the descent stage that helped fly NASA's Perseverance rover down to the surface of Mars. | The High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) was able to capture this image of the final location of the descent stage that helped fly NASA's Perseverance rover down to the surface of Mars. The image was taken on Feb. 19, 2021.It is a close-up version of a large... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05813 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA05813_modest.jpg | This vertical-projection mosaic was assembled from images taken by the navigation camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on sol 107 (April 21, 2004) at a region dubbed 'site 32.' Spirit is sitting east of 'Missoula Crater' on the outer plains. | This vertical projection was assembled from images taken by the navigation camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on sol 107 (April 21, 2004) at a region dubbed "site 32." Spirit is sitting east of "Missoula Crater," no longer in the crater's ejecta field, but on outer plains. Since landing, Spirit has traveled al... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA10726 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA10726_modest.jpg | This 360-degree view from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the spacecraft's solar arrays, lander deck and the Martian polar landscape beyond. The hummocky terrain has a network of troughs and very few rocks. | This 360-degree view from NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander shows the spacecraft's solar arrays, lander deck and the Martian polar landscape beyond. The hummocky terrain has a network of troughs and very few rocks, typical of polar surfaces here on Earth.Phoenix's Surface Stereo Imager captured the images making up this mosai... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22624 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA22624_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows shows part of Aram Chaos. Aram Chaos was initially formed by a large impact. Over time the crater interior was modified by several different processes, including liquid water. | Context imageToday's VIS image shows part of Aram Chaos. Aram Chaos was initially formed by a large impact. Over time the crater interior was modified by several different processes, including liquid water. Located near Ares Vallis, a narrow channel links the Aram Chaos crater with Ares Vallis indicating a substantial ... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22462 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA22462_modest.jpg | NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter continually finds new impact sites on Mars. This one occurred within the dense secondary crater field of Corinto Crater. The new crater and its ejecta have distinctive color patterns. | Map Projected Browse ImageClick on image for larger versionThe map is projected here at a scale of 25 centimeters (9.8 inches) per pixel.[The original image scale is 27.8 centimeters (10.9 inches) per pixel (with 1 x 1 binning) to 55.5 cm/pixel (21.9 inches) per pixel (with 2 x 2 binning).] North is up.NASA's Mars Reco... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20047 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA20047_modest.jpg | In this image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft, an ancient sinuous meandering river system is surrounded by features called 'yardangs.' The yardangs are the ridge-like landforms that align approximately north-south. | Map Projected Browse ImageClick on the image for larger versionIn this image, an ancient sinuous meandering river system is surrounded by features called "yardangs." The yardangs are the ridge-like landforms that align approximately north-south. These features were created as the wind scoured and eroded the bedrock.The... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01505 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA01505_modest.jpg | NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a portion of Corasis Fossae valleys. These subdued valleys and pits show structural control. The pattern of pitting suggests removal of subsurface support may have played an important role in valley formation. | Portion of Corasis Fossae valleys (MOC 8205). These subdued valleys (35.6°S, 75.4°W) show structural control, as do pits in the center of the upper half of image. The pattern of pitting suggests removal of subsurface support may have played an important role in valley formation. The adjacent upland surface is not disse... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA06690 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA06690_modest.jpg | A Peak of Interest | This approximate true-color rendering of an image taken by the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows a view of the peak-like outcrop atop "West Spur." Spirit will attempt to drive up the north slope of the "Columbia Hills" to reach similar rock outcrops and investigate the composition of the hi... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05197 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA05197_modest.jpg | NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover's Moessbauer spectrometer (circular device in center), located on its instrument deployment device, or 'arm.' | This image taken at Meridiani Planum, Mars, by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rover's Moessbauer spectrometer (circular device in center), located on its instrument deployment device, or "arm." The image was acquired on the ninth martian day or sol of the rover's mission. | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07353 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA07353_modest.jpg | NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the remains of two impact craters that were filled, buried, and then exhumed from within layered sedimentary rock in the martian crater, Gale. Wind erosion has sculpted tapered yardang ridges in the uppermost rock layers. | 12 February 2005 This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows the remains of two impact craters that were filled, buried, and then exhumed from within layered sedimentary rock in the martian crater, Gale. Wind erosion has sculpted tapered yardang ridges in the uppermost rock layers exposed at t... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17100 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA17100_modest.jpg | These windstreaks are located on Syrtis Major Planum, as shown in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft. | Context imageThese windstreaks are located on Syrtis Major Planum.Orbit Number: 50106 Latitude: 6.33147 Longitude: 72.3107 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-03-31 19:34Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission fo... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00751 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA00751_modest.jpg | This portion of the 360-degree gallery panorama shows NASA's Pathfinder's rear ramp, the rock 'Barnacle Bill' at left, and leading up to the large rock 'Yogi' are the rover's tracks. | This portion of the 360-degree gallery panorama shows Pathfinder's rear ramp, the rock "Barnacle Bill" at left, and rover tracks leading up to the large rock "Yogi." Rover Sojourner is seen using its Alpha Proton X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS) instrument to study Yogi's composition. Rover tracks and circular patterns in the... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24559 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA24559_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows the floor of an unnamed crater in Terra Sirenum. | Context imageThe THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations of the surface not easily identified in a single band image. Today's false color image shows the floor of an unname... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00683 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA00683_modest.jpg | The two hills in the distance in this stereo image from NASA's Mars Pathfinder have been dubbed the 'Twin Peaks.' 3D glasses are necessary to identify surface detail. | The two hills in the distance, approximately one to two kilometers away, have been dubbed the "Twin Peaks" and are of great interest to Pathfinder scientists as objects of future study. 3D glasses are necessary to identify surface detail. The white areas on the left hill, called the "Ski Run" by scientists, may have be... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20613 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA20613_modest.jpg | This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows an unnamed crater in Terra Sabaea. | Context imageToday's image shows an unnamed crater in Terra Sabaea. There are numerous dark streaks visible on the inner rim of the crater. These streaks are thought to form due to down slope movement of a rock or other material which removes or disturbs the surface dust revealing the darker rock surface.Orbit Number: ... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24485 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA24485_modest.jpg | From its landing site, Octavia E. Butler Landing, NASA's Perseverance rover can see a remnant of a fan-shaped deposit of sediments known as a delta (the raised area of dark brown rock in the middle ground) with its Mastcam-Z instrument. | Figure 1From its landing site, "Octavia E. Butler Landing," NASA's Perseverance rover can see a remnant of a fan-shaped deposit of sediments known as a delta with its Mastcam-Z instrument. Scientists believe this delta is what remains of the confluence between an ancient river and a lake at Mars' Jezero Crater. The del... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA04693 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA04693_modest.jpg | NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows streaks in the lee of obstacles such as meteor impact craters and lava flow margins in southwestern Daedalia Planum on Mars. | MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-459, 21 August 2003This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) wide angle (red camera) image shows streaks in the lee of obstacles such as meteor impact craters and lava flow margins in southwestern Daedalia Planum. The image covers an area about 252 km (157 mi) across near 13°S, ... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA11442 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA11442_modest.jpg | Periodic Layering in Martian Sedimentary Rocks, Oblique View | This oblique view of periodic layering in Martian sedimentary layers was derived from three-dimensional modeling based on a stereo pair of images taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The vertical dimension is exaggerated by a factor of two. It sh... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22602 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA22602_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a portion of Ophir Chasma, a part of Valles Marineris, the largest canyon system on Mars. At the top of the image is a portion of a large landslide deposit which originate at the northern wall of the canyon. | Context imageToday's VIS image shows part of Ophir Chasma. Ophir Chasma is part of Valles Marineris, the largest canyon system on Mars. At the top of the image is a portion of a large landslide deposit which originate at the northern wall of the canyon. The bright toned part at the bottom of the image is the northern e... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17110 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA17110_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft looks like a thumbs up or a mitten pattern in the dark dunes on the floor of a crater. | Context imageDo you see what I see? Looks like a thumb's up or a mitten pattern in the dark dunes on the floor of this crater.Orbit Number: 17618 Latitude: -68.0936 Longitude: 175.554 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2005-12-03 23:10Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.NASA's Jet ... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA06028 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA06028_modest.jpg | Spirit's View on Sol 142 (Right Eye) | This is the right-eye view of a stereo pair showing a 360-degree view of the terrain surrounding NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit on the 142nd martian day of the rover's mission inside Gusev Crater, on May 27, 2004. It was assembled from images taken by Spirit's navigation camera. The rover's position is Site A55. ... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA11951 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA11951_modest.jpg | This 2001 Mars Odyssey image shows windstreaks located on the Syrtis Major Volcanic complex on Mars. | Context imageCredit: NASA/JPL/MOLAThe windstreaks in this VIS image are located on the Syrtis Major Volcanic complex. The direction of the tails (behind the impact crater) indicate the winds are blowing from ENE to WSW.Image information: VIS instrument. Latitude 8.5N, Longitude 69.9E. 42 meter/pixel resolution.Please s... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA03233 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA03233_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit taken on Nov 2, 2005 shows an impact feature called 'East Basin.' Dark features on the far side of the basin are basaltic sand deposits emplaced on the lee sides of hills by northwesterly winds. | Click on the image for 'East Basin' Panorama (QTVR)NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit used its panoramic camera to obtain this view of the impact feature called "East Basin" to the northeast of "Husband Hill." The images combined into this mosaic were taken during Spirit's 653rd Martian day, or sol (Nov. 3, 2005), ju... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19961 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA19961_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft shows a channel system flowing to the southwest toward the huge Hellas impact basin. | Map Projected Browse ImageClick on the image for larger versionThis scarp at the edge of the North Polar layered deposits of Mars is the site of the most frequent frost avalanches seen by HiRISE. At this season, northern spring, frost avalanches are common and HiRISE monitors the scarp to learn more about the timing an... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA12859 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA12859_modest.jpg | Two pairs of side-by-side, before and after images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter illustrate changes in the shape of edges of dark sand dunes in the Nili Patera region of Mars. | Two pairs of side-by-side, before and after images from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter illustrate changes in the shape of edges of dark sand dunes in the Nili Patera region of Mars. The two images on the left are excerpts from a June 30, 2007, observ... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20444 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA20444_modest.jpg | The channels in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are part of Hebrus Valles. | Context imageThe channels in this VIS image are part of Hebrus Valles. Hebrus Valles is located in the southern part of Utopia Planitia.Orbit Number: 62519 Latitude: 18.132 Longitude: 127.656 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2016-01-17 14:16Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.NASA's... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17939 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA17939_modest.jpg | NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used the Navigation Camera (Navcam) on its mast to catch this look-back eastward at wheel tracks from driving through and past 'Dingo Gap' inside Gale Crater. | NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used the Navigation Camera (Navcam) on its mast to catch this look-back eastward at wheel tracks from driving through and past "Dingo Gap" inside Gale Crater. The gap, spanned by a 3-foot-tall (1-meter-tall) dune, is at the right-hand side of the horizon in this scene. Curiosity crossed the ... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA06862 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA06862_modest.jpg | This image released on Sept 7, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in the solar system. If this canyon were on Earth, it would stretch from New York to Los Angeles. Seen here is a landslide in Ius Chasma. | The Odyssey spacecraft has taken some great pictures of Valles Marineris, the largest canyon in the solar system. If this canyon were on Earth, it would stretch from New York to Los Angeles. For the next several weeks, the Image of the Day will tour some of the canyons that make up this vast system. We will start with ... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21802 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA21802_modest.jpg | This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the western part of the dune field on the floor of Russell Crater. | Context image This image shows the western part of the dune field on the floor of Russell Crater. Russell Crater is located in Noachis Terra. A spectacular dune ridge and other dune forms on the crater floor have caused extensive imaging.The Odyssey spacecraft has spent over 15 years in orbit around Mars, circling the ... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA13499 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA13499_modest.jpg | Arsia Chasmata is a complex collapsed region at the northeastern flank of Arsia Mons. The collapsed region aligns with the Pavonis and Ascraeus Mons volcanoes on Mars as seen by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft. | Context imageArsia Chasmata is the name given to the complex collapsed region at the northeastern flank of Arsia Mons. The collapsed region aligns with the Pavonis and Ascraeus Mons volcanoes, indicating that all three volcanoes are located on a major fracture in the Tharsis region.Orbit Number: 39341 Latitude: -7.5854... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA18820 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA18820_modest.jpg | This observation from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows both dome and barchan dunes in a small sand dune field on the floor of Newton Crater, an approximately 300 kilometer (130 mile) wide crater in the Southern hemisphere of Mars. | Map Projected Browse ImageClick on the image for larger versionThis observation shows a small sand dune field on the floor of Newton Crater, an approximately 300 kilometer (130 mile) wide crater in the Southern hemisphere of Mars.The image shows both dome and barchan dunes. Both these types of dunes are also found on E... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22572 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA22572_modest.jpg | This image of NASA's InSight spacecraft, taken at Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado, shows several of the critical landing systems including the thrusters, lander legs and science deck. | Once NASA's InSight Mars lander enters the Martian atmosphere and approaches the planet's surface, propulsive landing gear will slow the spacecraft down to about 5.5 mph (8.8 km/h) and safely set it down on the surface of the Red Planet. This image, taken at Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado, shows several o... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA04004 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA04004_modest.jpg | The small crater observed at the middle-right edge of this NASA Mars Odyssey image is very different from other similar looking impact craters located southeast of the Pavonis Mons volcano. | The small crater observed at the middle-right edge of this THEMIS image is very different from other similar looking impact craters located southeast of the Pavonis Mons volcano. This crater appears to be a volcanic crater at the summit of a small composite cone that shows evidence of repeated volcanic flows.Note: this... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05286 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA05286_modest.jpg | This 3-D anaglyph, from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit, shows an extreme close-up of round, blueberry-shaped grains on the crater floor near the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum called Stone Mountain. 3D glasses are necessary. | This 3-D image from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity rover shows an extreme close-up of round, blueberry-shaped grains on the crater floor near the rock outcrop at Meridiani Planum called Stone Mountain. Scientists are studying these curious formations for clues about the soil's history. The observed area is 3 ce... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA06913 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA06913_modest.jpg | NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows light-toned, layered rock outcrops in a pitted and eroded region just northeast of Hellas Planitia on Mars. The light-toned materials are most likely sedimentary rocks deposited early in martian history. | 7 October 2004This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows light-toned, layered rock outcrops in a pitted and eroded region just northeast of Hellas Planitia. The light-toned materials are most likely sedimentary rocks deposited early in martian history (but long after the Hellas Basin formed b... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22594 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA22594_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Roddy Crater on Mars, home to several large alluvial fans, which formed as water moved sediment from the mountainous crater rim and deposited it onto the flatter crater floor. | Map Projected Browse ImageClick on image for larger versionThis image, acquired by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Sept. 16, 2013, shows Roddy Crater on Mars, home to several large alluvial fans, which formed as water moved sediment from the mountainous crater rim and deposited it onto the flatter crater floor. A... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01907 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA01907_modest.jpg | This 360-degree view, called the 'McMurdo' panorama, comes from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. From April through October 2006, Spirit has stayed on a small hill known as 'Low Ridge.' | Click on the image forSpirit's Winter Panorama Labeled Version
Since April of 2006, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has been
sojourning in a place called "Winter Haven," where the robotic geologist
spent several months parked on a north-facing slope in order to keep its
solar panels pointed toward the sun. D... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA04064 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA04064_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey is located near the equator and the prime meridian of Mars in a region called Terra Meridiani. This is a unique area of Mars that displays layers of material that appear to be in the process of being stripped away. | This image is located near the equator and the prime meridian of Mars in a region called Terra Meridiani. This is a unique area of Mars that displays layers of material that appear to be in the process of being stripped away. This exposing another layer of material directly underneath that is visible in the central por... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15430 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA15430_modest.jpg | With the changing of seasons comes changes in weather. This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows clouds in the north polar region. The surface is just barely visible in part of the image. | Context imageWith the changing of seasons comes changes in weather. This VIS image shows clouds in the north polar region. The surface is just barely visible in part of the image.Orbit Number: 44858 Latitude: 74.3324 Longitude: 211.11 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2012-01-24 20:49Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note fo... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA12405 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA12405_modest.jpg | This image taken by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a portion of Scamander Vallis. Dark slope streaks are also visible on the west-facing wall of the channel. | Context imageCredit: NASA/JPL/MOLAThis VIS image shows a portion of Scamander Vallis. Dark slope streaks are also visible on the west-facing wall of the channel.Image information: VIS instrument. Latitude 14.7N, Longitude 29.0E. 21 meter/pixel resolution.Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21659 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA21659_modest.jpg | This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of Dorsa Argentea in the south polar region of Mars. | Context image This VIS image shows part of Dorsa Argentea in the south polar region of Mars. The ridges are most likely material deposited in subglacial channels, which become a positive relief feature when the ice is removed. On Earth, these features are called eskers.Orbit Number: 67545 Latitude: -77.3075 Longitude: ... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08439 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA08439_modest.jpg | Spirit Beholds Bumpy Boulder (False Color) | As NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit began collecting images for a 360-degree panorama of new terrain, the rover captured this view of a dark boulder with an interesting surface texture. The boulder sits about 40 centimeters (16 inches) tall on Martian sand about 5 meters (16 feet) away from Spirit. It is one of man... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA13907 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA13907_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey is located west of Zephyria Planum. Surfaces in this region have undergone extensive erosion by the wind. Wind is one of the most active processes of erosion on the surface of Mars today. | Context imageToday's VIS image is located west of Zephyria Planum. Surfaces in this region have undergone extensive erosion by the wind. Wind is one of the most active processes of erosion on the surface of Mars today.Orbit Number: 40280 Latitude: -3.2482 Longitude: 152.311 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2011-01-12 22:12Ple... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA23248 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA23248_modest.jpg | These side-by-side images were taken by the Pan Camera (Pancam) on NASA's Opportunity rover. They're actually the same image; the left version is how the image originally came down. The right shows the same image after processing all the data. | These side-by-side images were taken by the Pan Camera (Pancam) on NASA's Opportunity rover. They're actually the same image; the left version is how the image originally came down, due to data dropouts. The right shows the same image after processing all the data.The image is from the 4,493rd Martian day, or sol, of t... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08556 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA08556_modest.jpg | This image is from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey. THEMIS ART IMAGE #72 A bearded wizard appears to be casting a martian spell. | Context image for PIA08556THEMIS ART #72Back by popular demand: THEMIS ART IMAGE #72 Is this bearded wizard casting a martian spell?Image information: VIS instrument. Latitude -80.1N, Longitude 32.6E. 17 meter/pixel resolution.Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images. Note: this T... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA09316 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA09316_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the main dune field on the floor of Russell Crater on Mars. The dunes are bright in this daytime image because they are warm. The sand material is dark. | Context image for PIA09316Russell Crater - IRThis infrared image shows the main dune field on the floor of Russell Crater. The dunes are bright in this daytime image because they are warm. The sand material is dark.Image information: IR instrument. Latitude -54.6N, Longitude 13.0E. 96 meter/pixel resolution.Please see ... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21820 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA21820_modest.jpg | This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the southeastern flank of Ascraeus Mons. | Context image This image shows part of the southeastern flank of Ascraeus Mons. The narrow flows of the volcano dominate the top of the image, while younger volcanic plains cover the bottom of the image. The relative age designation is based on the fact that the brighter plains flows lap up against and cover the flank ... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19098 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA19098_modest.jpg | NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded this view of the summit of 'Cape Tribulation,' on the western rim of Endeavour Crater on the day before the rover drove to the top. | NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded this view just after reaching the summit of "Cape Tribulation," on the western rim of Endeavour Crater, on Jan. 6, 2015, the 3,894th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars.The site is about 440 feet (about 135 meters) higher in elevation than the plain surrou... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA04797 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA04797_modest.jpg | The slopes and floor of Eos Chasma, a portion of the vast Valles Marineris canyon complex, are located near an early landing site for the MER rovers. This image was captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft in October 2003. | Released 16 October 2003The slopes and floor of Eos Chasma, a portion of the vast Valles Marineris canyon complex, are located near an early landing site for the MER rovers. Sadly, this site was eliminated due to serious concerns about winds. Nevertheless, this site contains some marvelous geology. Layered rocks abound... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07159 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA07159_modest.jpg | This image released on Nov 26, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows a group of channels on Mars that originate from the Elysium volcanic field. Called Granicus Vallis, these channels are related to the volcanic activity of Elysium Mons. | This day time IR image shows a group of channels that originate from the Elysium volcanic field. Called Granicus Vallis, these channels are related to the volcanic activity of Elysium Mons and may be lava channels rather than fluvial. Note the lava flows at the top of the image.Image information: IR instrument. Latitud... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA13940 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA13940_modest.jpg | This unnamed channel is located in the northern part of Terra Cimmeria. This image was captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey. | Context imageThis huge (or mega) gully is part of Noctis Labyrinthus. Located on the western end of Valles Marineris, Noctis Labyrinthus is a huge region of tectonically controlled valleys. The valleys are not as deep as Valles Marineris.Orbit Number: 40380 Latitude: -0.472578 Longitude: 119.01 Instrument: VIS Captured... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA11719 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA11719_modest.jpg | This view is a vertical projection that combines more than 500 exposures taken by NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander and projects them as if looking down from above. The black circle on the spacecraft is where the camera itself is mounted on the lander. | This view is a vertical projection that combines hundreds of exposures taken by the Surface Stereo Imager camera on NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander and projects them as if looking down from above.The black circle is where the camera itself is mounted on the lander, out of view in images taken by the camera. North is toward ... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07403 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA07403_modest.jpg | This image taken on Dec. 28, 2004 by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity features an up-close view of the flank piece of the rover's broken heat shield laying on the red soil of martian terrain. | This image from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity features an up-close view of the flank piece of the rover's broken heat shield.The rover spent 36 sols investigating how the severe heating during entry through the atmosphere affected the heat shield. The most obvious is the fact that the heat shield inverted u... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17593 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA17593_modest.jpg | This graph shows a spectrum recorded by the Chemistry and Camera instrument (ChemCam) in NASA's Curiosity Mars rover; it is is typical of Martian volcanic (basalt) material. | This graph shows a spectrum recorded by the Chemistry and Camera instrument (ChemCam) in NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. The instrument measured intensity of light at 6,144 wavelengths of ultraviolet, visible and infrared light emitted when it fired its laser at a rock target called "Ithaca." This spectrum averages data f... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA05714 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA05714_modest.jpg | This image, acquired by the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, highlights the vast plains of Meridiani Planum focusing on a sinous crack consisting of a series of deep dimples sprinkled with rocks. | This image, acquired by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, highlights the vast plains of Meridiani Planum. The science team is currently focused on the sinuous crack, which consists of a series of deep dimples sprinkled with rocks that resemble, from a distance, those in the "Eagle Crater" ... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA13590 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA13590_modest.jpg | In this polar projection image taken on Oct. 17, 2009, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows terrain which includes light-toned bedrock and darker ripples of wind-blown sand. | This mosaic of images from the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows surroundings of the rover's location following an 100.7-meter (330-foot) drive during the 2,393rd Martian day, or sol, of Opportunity's mission on Mars (Oct. 17, 2010). North is at the top.The camera took the component i... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA25971 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA25971_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a portion of Shalbatana Vallis. | Context imageToday's VIS image shows a portion of Shalbatana Vallis. Located in Xanthe Terra, Shalbatana Vallis is an outflow channel carved by massive floods of escaping groundwater whose source lies far to the south of this image. Shalbatana Vallis is over 1300 km long (808 miles). This channel, and all others in thi... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22142 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA22142_modest.jpg | This image of Rabe Crater from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft is dominated by the extensive dunes that cover the crater floor. Part of the pit is visible, as well as a small peninsula that has been eroded into the upper level floor materials. | Context image This VIS image of Rabe Crater is dominated by the extensive dunes that cover the crater floor. To the top of the image part of the pit is visible, as well as a small peninsula that has been eroded into the upper level floor materials. On the upper elevation on the side left of the peninsula the dunes casc... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20433 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA20433_modest.jpg | This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a small portion of Olympia Undae, an extensive dune field near the north polar cap. | Context imageThis VIS image shows a small portion of Olympia Undae, an extensive dune field near the north polar cap. This image was collected during summer, so the dunes are free of surface frost.Orbit Number: 62467 Latitude: 80.517 Longitude: 165.94 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2016-01-13 07:49Please see the THEMIS Data... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00688 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA00688_modest.jpg | Yogi,' a rock taller than NASA's rover Sojourner taken in stereo by NASA's Mars Pathfinder. 3D glasses are necessary to identify surface detail. | "Yogi," a rock taller than rover Sojourner, is the subject of this image, taken in stereo by the deployed Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) on Sol 3. 3D glasses are necessary to identify surface detail. The soil in the foreground has been the location of multiple soil mechanics experiments performed by Sojourner's cleat... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA16126 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA16126_modest.jpg | Rock fins up to about 1 foot (30 centimeters) tall dominate this stereo scene from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity taken during the 3,058th Martian day (Aug. 23, 2012). | Rock fins up to about 1 foot (30 centimeters) tall dominate this stereo scene from the panoramic camera (Pancam) on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity. The component images were taken during the 3,058th Martian day, or sol, of Opportunity's work on Mars (Aug. 23, 2012). This outcrop is within an area informally ... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA12125 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA12125_modest.jpg | NASA's Opportunity had driven 62.5 meters (205 feet) on April 7, 2009, southward away from an outcrop called 'Penrhyn,' which the rover had been examining for a few sols, and toward a crater called 'Adventure.' 3D glasses are necessary to view this image. | Left-eye view of a color stereo pair for PIA12125Right-eye view of a color stereo pair for PIA12125NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to take the images combined into this stereo, 360-degree view of the rover's surroundings on the 1,850th Martian day, or sol, of its surface mission (Ap... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21511 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA21511_modest.jpg | The THEMIS camera contains 5 filters. Data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of Ganges Chasma. | Context image The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations of the surface not easily identified in a single band image. Today's false color image shows part of Ganges Chasma... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02073 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA02073_modest.jpg | NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows northern plains of Mars exhibit craters that often appear to be partly buried by or exhumed from beneath layers of pitted and eroded material. | The northern plains of Mars exhibit craters that often appear to be partly buried by or exhumed from beneath layers of pitted and eroded material. This example was taken by MOC in August 1998. | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA08602 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA08602_modest.jpg | NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows erosional remnants of layered rock and large windblown ripples on the floor of a crater in the Tyrrhena Terra region of Mars. The layered rocks are most likely sedimentary. | 13 July 2006This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows erosional remnants of layered rock and large windblown ripples on the floor of a crater in the Tyrrhena Terra region of Mars. The layered rocks are most likely sedimentary.Location near: 15.5°S, 270.5°W Image width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi) Illumi... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA26086 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA26086_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the floor of Kaiser Crater. Kaiser Crater is 207 km (129 miles) in diameter and is located in Noachis Terra west of Hellas Planitia. | Context imageThe THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. These false color images may reveal subtle variations of the surface not easily identified in a single band image. This false color image shows part of the floor of Kais... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07975 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA07975_modest.jpg | Jibsheet' in False Color | NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit drove up to this outcrop, called "Jibsheet," on the flank of "Husband Hill," in early March 2005. This view of Jibsheet by Spirit's panoramic camera is presented in false color. | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19165 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA19165_modest.jpg | This stereo view from the Navigation Camera (Navcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the terrain ahead of the rover as it makes its way westward through a valley called 'Artist's Drive.' 3-D glasses are need to view this image. | This stereo view from the Navigation Camera (Navcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the terrain ahead of the rover as it makes its way westward through a valley called "Artist's Drive." The image appears three-dimensional when viewed through red-blue glasses with the red lens on the left.The Navcam recorded the c... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00155 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA00155_modest.jpg | This picture from NASA's Viking Orbiter 2 shows areas of central Valles Marineris, Mars, including Candor Chasm (lower left), Ophir Chasm (lower right), and Hebes Chasm (upper right). | This picture (centered at latitude 4 degrees S., longitude 76 degrees W.) shows areas of central Valles Marineris, including Candor Chasm (lower left), Ophir Chasm (lower right), and Hebes Chasm (upper right). Complex layered deposits in the canyons may have been deposited in lakes, and if so, are of great interest for... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24625 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA24625_modest.jpg | NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is visible in the upper left corner of this image the agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took during its third flight, on April 25, 2021. | Figure 1Figure 2Click on images for larger versions
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is visible in the upper left corner of this image the agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took during its third flight, on April 25, 2021. The helicopter was flying at an altitude of 16 feet (5 meters) and roughly 279 feet (85 meters) fr... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA09551 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA09551_modest.jpg | Hazy Conditions in Hellas Dao | Image PSP_001477_1400 was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft on November 19, 2006. The complete image is centered at -39.6 degrees latitude, 82.2 degrees East longitude. The range to the target site was 255.5 km (159.7 miles). At th... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA02690 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA02690_modest.jpg | This image shows finely layered rocks interspersed with sand sloping downward and inward toward the center of the panorama from either side. Here and there on the outcrop, a chunk of rock has become displaced and lies at an angle on the surface | Click on the image for 'Gibson' Panorama by Spirit at 'Home Plate' (QTVR)NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit acquired this high-resolution view of intricately layered exposures of rock while parked on the northwest edge of the bright, semi-circular feature known as "Home Plate." The rover was perched at a 27-degree up... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA10042 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA10042_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows Terra Cimmeria containing dune fields located both on the floor of craters and on the plains between craters | Context image for PIA10042Southern DunesThis infrared image of Terra Cimmeria contains dune fields located both on the floor of craters and on the plains between craters. Collected during the middle of southern summer, there is no longer any frost cover and the dunes are bright (warm) in the infrared.Image information:... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17518 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA17518_modest.jpg | This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the dune field on the floor of Proctor Crater. | Originally released on Oct. 3, 2013Context imageToday's VIS image shows part of the dune field on the floor of Proctor Crater.Orbit Number: 51794 Latitude: -47.4051 Longitude: 30.9037 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-08-17 15:31Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.NASA's Jet Pro... | |
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24828 | /content/Nasa_Mars_Images/PIA24828_modest.jpg | This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows linear depressions, part of Cerberus Fossae. | Context imageThe linear depressions in today's VIS image are part of Cerberus Fossae. The features are termed grabens, and are formed by extensional tectonic forces. As the regional fractures move apart, blocks of material subside between paired faults. The straight sides and uniform depths are indications that this is... |
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