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This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small portion of Daedalia Planum. Daedalia Planum is an immense lava flow field that originates at Arsia Mons. | Context imageToday's VIS image shows a small portion of Daedalia Planum. Daedalia Planum is an immense lava flow field that originates at Arsia Mons. Arsia Mons is the southernmost of the three large aligned volcanoes in the Tharsis region. Arsia Mons' last eruption was 10s of million years ago.Orbit Number: 80553 Lati... | |
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of an unnamed channel in the margin between Arabia Terra and the surrounding lowlands. | Context imageThe margin between Arabia Terra and the surrounding lowlands is dissected by numerous named and unnamed channels. Today's VIS image shows part of an unnamed channel in the region.Orbit Number: 77815 Latitude: 39.3327 Longitude: 17.9212 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2019-06-30 14:32Please see the THEMIS Data Ci... | |
The support structure of the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) instrument moved slightly during hammering, as indicated by the circular 'footprints' around the instrument's footpads. | The support structure of the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) instrument moved slightly during hammering, as indicated by the circular "footprints" that can be seen around the instrument's footpads. These marks indicate the instrument's self-hammering mole wasn't digging as expected. This image was taken... | |
An artist's concept of NASA's Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) flying over Mars. | An artist's concept of NASA's Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) flying over Mars. | |
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows an unnamed central peak crater east of Hadriaca Patera on Mars. The crater rim is cut by multiple channels and part of the rim has failed. | Context image for PIA09462Crater ModificationThis unnamed central peak crater east of Hadriaca Patera is slowly being modified from its original pristine state. The crater rim is cut by multiple channels and part of the rim has failed due to gravity and produced a landslide that reached all the way to the central peak ... | |
NASA's Curiosity rover has detected the simple carbon-containing compounds chloro- and dichloromethane from the powdered rock sample extracted from the 'John Klein' rock on Mars. | NASA's Curiosity rover has detected the simple carbon-containing compounds chloro- and dichloromethane from the powdered rock sample extracted from the "John Klein" rock on Mars. These species were detected by the gas chromatograph mass spectrometer (GCMS) on Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars instrument (SAM).The blu... | |
This images shows part of the main channel of Mamers Vallis as well as one of its tributaries on Mars as seen by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft. | Context image for PIA01875Mamers VallisThis images shows part of the main channel of Mamers Vallis as well as one of its tributaries.Image information: VIS instrument. Latitude 39.5N, Longitude 16.0E. 19 meter/pixel resolution.Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.Note: this TH... | |
This image released on July 21, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows that eons of atmospheric dust storm activity has left its mark on the surface of Mars such as this classic yardang formed by wind. | Released July 21, 2004The atmosphere of Mars is a dynamic system. Water-ice clouds, fog, and hazes can make imaging the surface from space difficult. Dust storms can grow from local disturbances to global sizes, through which imaging is impossible. Seasonal temperature changes are the usual drivers in cloud and dust st... | |
This is the first image from NASA's Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) that includes a glimpse of the plant surface. This image was taken at 8:42 MLSTsol 1. | This is the first image from the Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) that includes a glimpse of the plant surface. This image was taken at 8:42 MLSTsol 1.
Photojournal note: Sojourner spent 83 days of a planned seven-day mission exploring the Martian terrain, acquiring images, and taking chemical, atmospheric and other m... | |
NASA's Viking 1 obtained this color picture of the Martian surface and sky on July 24, 1997; part of the spacecraft's gray structure in the foreground. | Viking 1 obtained this color picture of the Martian surface and sky on July 24. Camera Number 1 facing southeast, captured part of the spacecraft's gray structure in the foreground. A bright orange cable leads to one of the descent rocket engines. Orange-red surface materials cover most of the surface, apparently formi... | |
This artist's rendering portrays ice-rich layers in the soils of Mars being detected by instruments aboard NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft. | This artist's rendering portrays ice-rich layers in the soils of Mars being detected by instruments aboard NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft. Measurements by the gamma ray spectrometer suite of instruments indicate that the upper meter (three feet) of soil contains an ice-rich zone with an ice abundance of 20 to 50 p... | |
This animation shows the position of NASA's Curiosity rover as it journeyed through 'the clay-bearing unit' on Mars between May 31 and July 20, 2019. The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took both images. | Click here for animationThis animation shows the position of NASA's Curiosity rover as it journeyed 1,106 feet (337 meters) through an area of Mount Sharp called "the clay-bearing unit" between May 31 and July 20, 2019. Each of these two images were taken by the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.The f... | |
Seasonal Trend in Water Vapor Seen from Orbit | The seasonal trend in the amount of water vapor in Mars' atmosphere, as observed by thermal emission spectrometer on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor orbiter, varies by latitude. This plot starts near the beginning of fall in the southern hemisphere for the year before the Mars Exploration Rover mission began and ends on Au... | |
Technicians maneuver the aeroshell for Mars Exploration Rover 2 onto a workstand in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. | February 6, 2003Technicians maneuver the aeroshell for Mars Exploration Rover 2 onto a workstand in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. Set to launch in 2003, the MER Mission will consist of two identical rovers designed to cover roughly 110 yards each Martian day. Each rover will carry five scientific instrument... | |
This image acquired on August 16, 2020 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the ceiling of a lava tube has collapsed in one spot and made this pit crater. | Map Projected Browse ImageClick on image for larger versionSome types of lava can squeeze underneath older rock and lift it up so it can continue to flow underground. Large underground rivers of lava can form this way and when the volcano stops erupting, the lava can drain out of these underground tubes. These empty un... | |
This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a portion of Ares Vallis. | Context imageThis VIS image shows a portion of Ares Vallis.Orbit Number: 56035 Latitude: 9.15576 Longitude: 335.227 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2014-08-01 16:23Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA's ... | |
The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The data from different filters can be combined in multiple ways to create a false color image. This false color image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows an unnamed crater in Terra Cimmeria. | 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 an unnamed crater in T... | |
The fractured surface of the Cerberus region southeast of the Elysium volcanoes provides an impressive example of the powerful tectonic forces that have shaped the region in this image taken in October 2003 by NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft. | Released 29 October 2003The fractured surface of the Cerberus region southeast of the Elysium volcanoes provides an impressive example of the powerful tectonic forces that have shaped the region. Both the smooth lava plains and the mountains that poke through the lava are subject to the extensional forces that rip open... | |
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows eroded bedrock among the mountains of western Argyre. Smooth on Mars, dark areas are patches of windblown sand. | 22 August 2005This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows details in eroded bedrock among the mountains of western Argyre. Smooth, dark areas are patches of windblown sand.Location near: 48.0°S, 55.1°W Image width: width: ~3 km (~1.9 mi) Illumination from: upper left Season: Southern Summer | |
Gravity has caused materials to move down the rim of this crater in Terra Sabaea. In this image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey, thinner dark slope streaks are less common than broader, lighter markings of downslope movement of materials. | Context imageGravity has caused materials to move down the rim of this crater in Terra Sabaea. Here, thinner dark slope streaks are less common than broader, lighter markings of downslope movement of materials.Orbit Number: 36901 Latitude: 1.39403 Longitude: 45.6855 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2010-04-09 18:41Please see ... | |
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Gasa Crater located on the floor of a larger unnamed crater Eridania Planitia. | Context imageThis VIS image shows Gasa Crater located on the floor of a larger unnamed crater Eridania Planitia. Gullies dissect the rims of both craters.Orbit Number: 76121 Latitude: -35.639 Longitude: 129.538 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2019-02-11 01:31Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting T... | |
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this image of its right rear wheels using its navigation cameras on June 1. | NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this image of its right rear wheels using its navigation cameras on June 1, the 3,846th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The image was taken while the rover was attempting to climb a 23-degree slope covered with slippery sand and wheel-size boulders.Rover tracks from the approac... | |
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows barchan sand dunes, common on Mars often forming vast dune fields within very large (tens to hundreds of km) impact basins. The regions upwind of barchans are usually devoid of sandy bedforms. | Map Projected Browse ImageClick on image for larger versionThe map is projected here at a scale of 50 centimeters (19.7 inches) per pixel.[The original image scale is 55.9 centimeters (22.0 inches) per pixel (with 2 x 2 binning); objects on the order of 168 centimeters (66.1 inches) across are resolved.] North is up.Th... | |
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a depression eroded into Mars' north polar layered materials. | 2 January 2004This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a depression eroded into north polar layered materials located near 86.1°N, 30.8°W. The layers in the north polar region have been considered for more than 30 years to be composed of dust and ice, although this cannot be confirmed witho... | |
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a landslide occurring within an unnamed crater in Terra Cimmeria. | Context image for PIA10893LandslideThe landslide seen in this VIS image occurs within an unnamed crater in Terra Cimmeria.Image information: VIS instrument. Latitude -19.3N, Longitude 149.4E. 17 meter/pixel resolution.Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.Note: this THEMIS visu... | |
This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows the central part of the dune field on the floor of Russell Crater. | Context image This image shows the central 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 ... | |
NASA's Mars Pathfinder Lander camera image of Sojourner Rover atop the 'Mermaid dune' on Sol 30. Note the dark material excavated by the rover wheels. Sol 1 began on July 4, 1997. | Mars Pathfinder Lander camera image of Sojourner Rover atop the "Mermaid dune" on Sol 30. Note the dark material excavated by the rover wheels. These, and other excavations brought materials to the surface for examination and allowed estimates of mechanical properties of the deposits.NOTE: original caption as published... | |
This image, acquired on May 16, 2019 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a cratered area to the southeast of the ExoMars 2020 Rosalind Franklin rover landing site at Oxia Palus. | Map Projected Browse ImageClick on image for larger versionThis image shows a cratered area to the southeast of the ExoMars 2020 Rosalind Franklin rover landing site at Oxia Palus. Selecting and characterizing landing sites is a balance between having science targets and avoiding potential obstacles, and HiRISE is used... | |
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of Terra Sabaea. | 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 Terra Sabaea.T... | |
The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The 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 Margaritifer Terra near Margaritifer Chaos. | 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 Margaritifer T... | |
This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows an infrared image of Kaiser Crater and the dune field on the crater floor. | Context image This is an infrared image of Kaiser Crater and the dune field on the crater floor. Brighter tones in the image are warmer surfaces. The basaltic dunes are dark in the visible, but bright in infrared.Orbit Number: 66814 Latitude: -47.0992 Longitude: 19.782 Instrument: IR Captured: 2017-01-05 08:54Please se... | |
This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows sand dunes located near the north polar cap. It is springtime and the dunes will darken with time as the winter frost sublimates in the sun. | Context imageThe sand dunes in this VIS image are located near the north polar cap. It is springtime and the dunes will darken with time as the winter frost sublimates in the sun.Orbit Number: 52488 Latitude: 81.0121 Longitude: 190.215 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-10-13 19:18Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note f... | |
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a complexly-cracked and eroded plain in the south polar region of Mars. | MGS MOC Release No. MOC2-551, 21 November 2003This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) picture shows a complexly-cracked and eroded plain in the south polar region of Mars. This image was acquired just a few weeks ago, in late October 2003; as such, the processes that formed the nearly regular pattern ... | |
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows many individual dunes located in Kaiser Crater. | Context imageThis VIS image is located in Kaiser Crater and shows many individual dunes. This sand dune field is one of several regions of sand dunes located on the southern part of the crater floor. The crater floor is visible between the dunes, indicating that there is a limited sand supply creating the dunes. These ... | |
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows where a meteor which impacted Mars close together causing three craters to be created simultaneously. | Context image for PIA10329Triplet CraterIt is not uncommon for multiple pieces of a meteor to impact Mars close together at the same time. When this happens, the craters that are formed overlap and the force of the impacts results in a linear wall separating the side-by-side form-at-the-same-time craters. This image sh... | |
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows clouds close enough to the martian surface to be affected by this crater. | Context image for PIA10810Crater CloudsNorthern springtime means clouds. These clouds are close enough to the surface to be affected by this crater.Image information: VIS instrument. Latitude 74.4N, Longitude 290.0E. 20 meter/pixel resolution.Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS imag... | |
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows blocky remnants of a material that was once more laterally extensive on the floor of an impact crater located NW of Herschel Crater. Large ripples of windblown sediment have accumulated around and between the blocks. | 5 June 2006This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows blocky remnants of a material that was once more laterally extensive on the floor of an impact crater located northwest of Herschel Crater on Mars. Large ripples of windblown sediment have accumulated around and between the blocks.Location... | |
This image acquired on March 18, 2020 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows two different targets at once, a geologically-young crater and a small even younger one. | Map Projected Browse ImageClick on image for larger versionThis image caught two different targets at once! In the top (northern) part there is a geologically-young crater about 300 meters in diameter, with rocky ejecta. The crater looks very fresh and steep and is not buried or filled in with the smooth deposits that ... | |
This false-color image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a cross sectional view of the ice layers in the north polar region of Mars. Ice/frost will appear as bright blue in color; dust mantled ice will appear in tones of red/orange. | The theme for the weeks of 1/17 and 1/24 is the north polar region of Mars as seen in false color THEMIS images. Ice/frost will typically appear as bright blue in color; dust mantled ice will appear in tones of red/orange. This image of shows a cross sectional view of the ice layers. Note the subtle peach banding on th... | |
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows lava channels and collapse features on the southwestern flank of Ascraeus Mons. | Context imageThis VIS image shows lava channels and collapse features on the southwestern flank of Ascraeus Mons.Orbit Number: 38828 Latitude: 6.68599 Longitude: 254.036 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2010-09-15 10:43Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.NASA's Jet Propulsion Labora... | |
Like many of the craters in the Oxia Palus region of Mars, Trouvelot Crater, shown in this NASA Mars Odyssey image, hosts an eroded, light-toned, sedimentary deposit on its floor. | Like many of the craters in the Oxia Palus region of Mars, Trouvelot Crater hosts an eroded, light-toned, sedimentary deposit on its floor. Compared with the much larger example in Becquerel Crater to the NE, the Trouvelot deposit has been so eroded by the scouring action of dark, wind-blown sand that very little of it... | |
This true-color image taken on Nov. 22, 2006 by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows a promontory called Cape Verde in Victoria Crater on Mars and the crater's deeply scalloped rim. | As part of its investigation of "Victoria Crater," NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity examined a promontory called "Cape Verde" from the vantage point of "Cape St. Mary," the next promontory clockwise around the crater's deeply scalloped rim. This view of Cape Verde combines several exposures taken by the rover'... | |
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a channel called Hypansis Vallis on Mars. | Context image for PIA10150Hypansis VallisThe channel in this VIS image is called Hypansis Vallis.Image information: VIS instrument. Latitude 9.9N, Longitude 314.1E. 18 meter/pixel resolution.Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.Note: this THEMIS visual image has not been radio... | |
Bright Soil Churned by Spirit's Sol 1861 Drive | NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit drove 22.7 meters (74 feet) toward the southwest on the 1,861st Martian day, or sol, of Spirit's mission on Mars (March 28, 2009). After the drive, the rover took this image with its front hazard-avoidance camera, looking back at the tracks from the drive. As usual since losing the ... | |
The windstreaks in this image captured by NASA's Mars Odyssey are located on the plains of southern Syrtis Major Planum. | Context imageThe windstreaks in today's VIS image are located on the plains of southern Syrtis Major Planum.Orbit Number: 41094 Latitude: -0.963934 Longitude: 70.0827 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2011-03-20 22:45Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.NASA's Jet Propulsion Laborator... | |
This image acquired on May 30, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows inverted channels within a fan whose origin could be either fluvial or alluvial. | Map Projected Browse ImageClick on image for larger versionThis image was acquired on May 30, 2018 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. This image shows inverted channels within a fan whose origin could be either fluvial (produced by the action of a stream) or alluvial (created by sedimentary deposits).If the fan is ... | |
This view from NASA's rover Opportunity, of an American flag on metal recovered from the site of the World Trade Center towers shortly after their destruction, was taken on Mars on Sept. 11, 2011, the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the towers. | This view of an American flag on metal recovered from the site of the World Trade Center towers shortly after their destruction on Sept. 11, 2001, was taken on Mars on Sept. 11, 2011, the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the towers. The aluminum component bearing the image of the flag serves as the cable guard of a t... | |
Mars digital-image mosaic merged with color of the MC-8 quadrangle, Amazonis region of Mars. This image is from NASA's Viking Orbiter 1. | Mars digital-image mosaic merged with color of the MC-8 quadrangle, Amazonis region of Mars. The central part, which is dominated by light-colored, relatively smooth to hummocky plains of Amazonis Planitia, is partly bounded to the east by the western flank of the largest known volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons... | |
This well-preserved impact crater in Tyrrhena Terra, northeast of Hellas Planitia, is approximately 6 kilometers in diameter as seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. | This well-preserved impact crater in Tyrrhena Terra, northeast of Hellas Planitia, is approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. The interior rims of this crater are lined with debris aprons consisting of material eroded from the alcoves at the top of the crater walls.The resolution of the HiRISE camera is able to see acc... | |
Shining on the Martian surface near NASA's Viking 2 spacecraft is the aluminum shroud, or cover, which protected the collector head of the surface sampler instrument during Viking's year-long journey from Earth. | Shining on the Martian surface near the Viking 2 spacecraft is the aluminum shroud, or cover, which protected the collector head of the surface sampler instrument during Viking's year-long journey from Earth. On September 5, two days after Viking 2 landed, the surface sampler was rotated from its parked position atop t... | |
Sampling Martian Soil | Scientists were using the Moessbauer spectrometer on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit when something unexpected happened. The instrument's contact ring had been placed onto the ground as a reference point for placement of another instrument, the alpha particle X-ray spectrometer, for analyzing the soil. After Spiri... | |
This image of the rock 'Half Dome' was taken by NASA's Sojourner rover's left front camera on Sol 71 (September 14). Pits, linear textures, and pronounced topography on the rock are clearly visible. Sol 1 began on July 4, 1997. | This image of the rock "Half Dome" was taken by the Sojourner rover's left front camera on Sol 71 (September 14). Pits, linear textures, and pronounced topography on the rock are clearly visible.This image and PIA01567 (right eye) make up a stereo pair.Mars Pathfinder is the second in NASA's Discovery program of low-co... | |
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows the Elysium/Mare Cimmerium face of Mars in mid-September 2005. | 27 September 2005This picture is a composite of Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) daily global images acquired at Ls 288° during a previous Mars year. This month, Mars looks similar, as Ls 288° occurred in mid-September 2005. The picture shows the Elysium/Mare Cimmerium face of Mars. Over the course ... | |
This image released on August 27, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows Scylla Scopulus, an irregular scarp located in the southern highlands of Mars. Scolupus is a lobate of irregular scarp. | Released August 27, 2004The THEMIS Image of the Day will be exploring the nomenclature of Mars for the next three weeks.Scylla ScopulusScolupus: lobate of irregular scarpScylla: The nymph Scylla was turned into a 6-headed monster by the sorceress Circe. As a monster Scylla ate six of Odysseus' crewmen in Homer's Odysse... | |
The different features of the sand and sand dune field are readily visible in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft of the western floor of Gale Crater. | Context imageDuring the month of April Mars will be in conjunction relative to the Earth. This means the Sun is in the line-of-sight between Earth and Mars, and communication between the two planets is almost impossible. For conjunction, the rovers and orbiting spacecraft at Mars continue to operate, but do not send th... | |
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a fluid-scoured surface in the Hrad Vallis system, located northwest of Elysium Mons on Mars. The fluid is presumed to have been water. | Image shows a fluid-scoured surface in the Hrad Vallis system, located northwest of Elysium Mons. The fluid is presumed to have been water. Image obtained by MOC on July 20, 1998. | |
This image acquired on June 8, 2022 by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows channels cutting through the ancient rim of Savich Crater. | Map Projected Browse ImageClick on image for larger versionThis image covers channels cutting through the ancient rim of Savich Crater, a 188 kilometer-wide depression near the northeastern edge of the much larger Hellas impact basin. The channels were likely eroded by water flowing into Savich Crater long ago.Our imag... | |
Head of Chasma Boreale Near Mars' North Pole | The Martian terrain in this remarkable image is at the head of a large chasm, named Chasma Boreale, which cuts through Mars' north polar layered deposits. These ice-rich layered deposits are about 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) thick and 1,000 kilometers (1,600 miles) across, much like the Greenland ice-sheet on Earth. The ... | |
Perched on the northern rim of the enormous Hellas Basin, Terby Crater, imaged by NASA Mars Odyssey, is host to an impressive range of landforms. As is common for many Martian craters, Terby has been filled with layered material, presumably sediments. | Perched on the northern rim of the enormous Hellas Basin, Terby Crater is host to an impressive range of landforms. As is common for many Martian craters, Terby has been filled with layered material, presumably sediments. The process of erosion has exposed some of these layers along with strange, rectilinear ridges. Si... | |
This color thumbnail image was obtained by NASA's Curiosity rover illustrating the first appearance of the left front wheel of the Curiosity rover after deployment of the suspension system as the vehicle was about to touch down on Mars. | This color thumbnail image was obtained by NASA's Curiosity rover during its descent to the surface on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 PDT). This image was obtained by Curiosity's Mars Descent Imager. It illustrates the first appearance of the left front wheel of the Curiosity rover after deployment of the suspension system as the ... | |
This cylindrical-projection mosaic was created from navigation camera images that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit acquired on sol 101 (April 15, 2004). It reveals Spirit's view just before a stopping-point dubbed 'Missoula Crater.' | This left eye cylindrical-perspective mosaic was created from navigation camera images that NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit acquired on sol 101 (April 15, 2004). It reveals Spirit's view just before a stopping-point dubbed "Missoula Crater." The rover is on its way to the "Columbia Hills."See PIA05777 for 3-D view... | |
In the winter a layer of carbon dioxide ice (dry ice) covers the north polar sand dunes as shown by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. In the spring the sublimation of the ice (going directly from ice to gas) causes a host of uniquely Martian phenomena. | In the winter a layer of carbon dioxide ice (dry ice) covers the north polar sand dunes. In the spring the sublimation of the ice (going directly from ice to gas) causes a host of uniquely Martian phenomena.In this subimage streaks of dark basaltic sand have been carried from below the ice layer to form fan-shaped depo... | |
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover took the images that make up this 360-degree mosaic anaglyph highlighting Spirit's arrival at the base of the Columbia Hills. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image. | Click on the image for 'Columbia Hills' at Last! (3-D) (QTVR)NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took the images that make up this 360-degree mosaic anaglyph with its navigation camera on sol 156 (June 11, 2004). The image, projected at a cylindrical perspective, highlights Spirit's arrival at the base of the Columbia... | |
Large impact craters have central hills or mountains, because the tremendous shock waves from the impact first compresses the ground, then causes a rebound when it becomes uncompressed. This image is from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. | Map Projected Browse ImageClick on the image for larger versionLarge impact craters have central hills or mountains, because the tremendous shock waves from the impact first compresses the ground, then causes a rebound when it becomes uncompressed. This effectively raises bedrock that was once deeply buried to the surf... | |
NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft captured this image in August 2003, showing a crater named after a Swedish astronomer, Charlier, hosts a dune field that is brightened by a layer of frost on Mars. | Released 11 August 2003A crater named after a Swedish astronomer hosts a dune field that is brightened by a layer of frost. Although the crater is located at high southern latitudes, it is probably too late in the spring season for the dunes to retain the CO2 frost that forms during the southern winter; water ice is a ... | |
This anaglyph from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft, shows Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the Solar System. Constructed of lava flows, many aspects of this titanic volcano remain puzzling. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image. | Click on image for larger versionOlympus Mons is the largest volcano in the Solar System. While it is known that it was constructed of lava flows, many aspects of this titanic volcano remain puzzling.For example, the base of the volcano is marked by a steep scarp (cliff) that is up to 8000 meters (26,000 feet) tall. On... | |
This computer-generated view depicts part of Mars at the boundary between darkness and daylight, with an area including Gale Crater beginning to catch morning light. NASA has selected Gale as the landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory mission. | This computer-generated view depicts part of Mars at the boundary between darkness and daylight, with an area including Gale Crater beginning to catch morning light.Gale Crater looms in the distance, distinguished from adjacent craters by its central mountain of strata. Gale Crater straddles the dichotomy boundary of M... | |
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a portion of a field of dark sand dunes on the floor of an unnamed crater in western Arabia Terra on Mars. Dominant winds are responsible for the movement of sand. | 27 January 2004This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a portion of a field of dark sand dunes on the floor of an unnamed crater in western Arabia Terra near 7.3°N, 353.4°W. The dominant winds responsible for the movement of sand through this system blows almost directly north to south (to... | |
NASA's Viking Orbiter 1 captured the sun rising over Noctis Labyrinthus (the labyrinth of the night), bright clouds of water ice can be observed in and around the tributary canyons of this high plateau region of Mars. | As the sun rises over Noctis Labyrinthus (the labyrinth of the night), bright clouds of water ice can be observed in and around the tributary canyons of this high plateau region of Mars. This color composite image, reconstructed through violet, green, and orange filters, vividly shows the distribution of clouds against... | |
Martian terrain is seen in this 3-D image taken by the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image. | This image shows the martian terrain in 3-D. The Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured the image with its two high-resolution stereo panoramic cameras. | |
This NASA Mars Global Surveyor image shows a portion of the floor and wall of a trough in the Acheron Fossae region of Mars. Mass movements of dry dust have created the dark slope streaks on the wall of the trough. | 12 May 2006This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a portion of the floor and wall of a trough in the Acheron Fossae region of Mars. Mass movements of dry dust, which appears to mantle much of the scene, have created the dark slope streaks on the wall of the trough.Location near: 37.5°N, 1... | |
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows vast layered rock in eastern Arabia Terra on Mars within which are interbedded filled and buried craters and valleys. | 26 August 2004Eastern Arabia Terra shares many attributes with western Arabia and Sinus Meridiani. In particular, it is a region of vast layered rock within which are interbedded filled and buried craters and valleys. Erosion has subsequently re-exposed many of these landforms, including the exhumed and eroded crater s... | |
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows | 16 May 2004This full-resolution (1.5 m/pixel; 5 ft/pixel) Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows gullies on a crater wall in northern Noachis Terra. The gullies might have formed by the seepage of martian groundwater or melting of ice. However, the Mars science community is still studying this... | |
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows several unnamed channels located in Margaritifer Terra. | Context imageThis VIS image shows several unnamed channels. These channels are dissecting the northern rim of a large, unnamed, ancient impact structure. These features are located in Margaritifer Terra.Orbit Number: 85953 Latitude: -14.3851 Longitude: 329.215 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2021-04-30 16:11Please see the T... | |
Proposed MSL Site in East Meridiani | Click on image for larger versionThis HiRISE image (PSP_003326_1800) of proposed landing site for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) in East Meridiani.Observation Toolbox Acquisition date: 4 April 2007Local Mars time: 3:33 PMDegrees latitude (centered): 0.0°Degrees longitude (East): 3.6°Range to target site: 273.6 km (1... | |
Daisy in Full Bloom on | This image from NASA_x0092_s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows a daisy pattern created by the rover's rock abrasion tool on a rock dubbed "Mazatzal." The pattern was made as the rover brushed dust away from a large enough area of the surface of the wind-scalloped, volcanic rock to match the field of view of the rover... | |
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows linear depressions that are part of Nili Fossae. Nili Fossae is a collection of curved faults and down-dropped blocks of crust between the faults. | 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. The linear depressions in today's false color image ar... | |
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the rim of an unnamed crater in Terra Cimmeria. | Context imageThis VIS image shows part of the rim of an unnamed crater in Terra Cimmeria. A group of channels dissect the rim near to upper left of the image. These channels are called gullies due to being on a steep slope rather than a flat river plain. With careful examination, it is possible to see a boundary layer ... | |
This pair of images shows a 'bite mark' where NASA's Curiosity rover scooped up some Martian soil (left), and the scoop carrying soil. | Annotated ImageClick on the image for larger versionThis pair of images shows a "bite mark" where NASA's Curiosity rover scooped up some Martian soil (left), and the scoop carrying soil. The first scoop sample was taken from the "Rocknest" patch of dust and sand on Oct. 7, 2012, the 61st sol, or Martian day, of operati... | |
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is shown with one set of oven doors open and dirt from a sample delivery. A portion of the dirt sample entered the oven via a screen for analysis. | The Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) instrument aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is shown with one set of oven doors open and dirt from a sample delivery. After the "seventh shake" of TEGA, a portion of the dirt sample entered the oven via a screen for analysis. This image was taken by the Robotic Arm Camera on... | |
The workings of the Martian winds are visible in this image of sand dunes trapped inside an unnamed crater in southern Terra Cimmeria captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. | Map Projected Browse ImageClick on the image for larger versionThe workings of the Martian winds are visible in this image of sand dunes trapped inside an unnamed crater in southern Terra Cimmeria.Many of the craters in the Southern highlands of Mars contain sand dunes, and HiRISE is still in the process of mapping the... | |
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows most of the floor of an unnamed crater in southern Arabia Terra. | Context imageThis false color image shows most of the floor of an unnamed crater in southern Arabia Terra. The wide variety of colors indicates a complex geologic history. Dark blue in this false color combination is typically basaltic sand. It appears that in addition to small sand dunes a scattering of sand also cove... | |
This hill in the South Polar layered deposits has influenced the erosion of the icy layers as seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. | Map Projected Browse ImageClick on the image for larger versionThis hill in the South Polar layered deposits has influenced the erosion of the icy layers as seen by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The hill protects the layers from erosion, so the pattern of erosion to the sides of the hill forms a beautiful spiral ... | |
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a portion of the famous 'White Rock' feature in Pollack Crater in the Sinus Sabaeus region of Mars. Dark materials in this image include sand dunes and large ripples. | 14 November 2005This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows a portion of the famous "White Rock" feature in Pollack Crater in the Sinus Sabaeus region of Mars. The light-toned rock is not really white, but its light tone caught the eye of Mars geologists as far back as 1972, when it was first ... | |
This image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a small portion of Daedalia Planun, the result of vast eruptions of Arsia Mons. | Context imageToday's image shows a small portion of Daedalia Planun, the result of vast eruptions of Arsia Mons.Orbit Number: 48303 Latitude: -21.0458 Longitude: 241.063 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2012-11-03 08:34Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.NASA's Jet Propulsion Labora... | |
The 'Bonanza King' rock on Mars, pictured here, was tapped by the drill belonging to NASA's Mars rover Curiosity. The tapping resulted in sand piling up on the rock after drilling, showing the rock was not firmly in place. | The "Bonanza King" rock on Mars, pictured here, was tapped by the drill belonging to NASA's Mars rover Curiosity. The tapping resulted in sand piling up on the rock after drilling, showing the rock was not firmly in place. Because of the loose rock, the drill hole was not completed. Vibrations from the drilling cleaned... | |
Air bags are installed on the lander on Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1). | May 10, 2003Prelaunch at Kennedy Space CenterOn Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1), air bags are installed on the lander. The airbags will inflate to cushion the landing of the spacecraft on the surface of Mars. When it stops bouncing and rolling, the airbags will deflate and retract, the petals will open to bring the la... | |
Daedalia Planum is comprised of enormous amounts of lava flows, the majority of which appear to be related to Arsia Mons. In this image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft, multiple overlapping flows are evident. | Context imageDaedalia Planum is comprised of enormous amounts of lava flows, the majority of which appear to be related to Arsia Mons. In today's VIS image, multiple overlapping flows are evident.Orbit Number: 45644 Latitude: -21.422 Longitude: 237.851 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2012-03-29 12:05Please see the THEMIS Dat... | |
Hills abound in this portion of Mars imaged by NASA's Mars Odyssey that shows the Vastitas Borealis region of the high northern plains. These hills are part of Scandia Colles. | Hills abound in this portion of Mars located in the Vastitas Borealis region of the high northern plains. These hills are part of Scandia Colles. Note that some of the hills have aprons surrounding them. The northern part of Milankovic crater is visible in the lower portion of this image.Note: this THEMIS visual image ... | |
This picture (centered at latitude 10 degrees S., longitude 74 degrees W.) shows much of Mars' Melas Chasm and a portion of Candor Chasm (upper right) in central Valles Marineris as seen by NASA's Viking Orbiter 2. | This picture (centered at latitude 10 degrees S., longitude 74 degrees W.) shows much of Melas Chasm and a portion of Candor Chasm (upper right) in central Valles Marineris. Several interesting compositional units can be seen in the image: white materials (center-right) may consist of carbonates or some other evaporite... | |
The THEMIS VIS camera contains 5 filters. The 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 Capri Mensa and Capri Chasma. | 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 Capri Mensa (b... | |
Using the JMars targeting software, eighth grade students from Charleston Middle School in Charleston, IL, selected the location of -8.37N and 276.66E for capture by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft in its sixth orbit of Mars on Nov. 22, 2005. | Context image for PIA03648Ascraeus MonsAfter examining numerous THEMIS images and using the JMars targeting software, eighth grade students from Charleston Middle School in Charleston, IL, selected the location of -8.37N and 276.66E for capture by the THEMIS visible camera during Mars Odyssey's sixth orbit of Mars on N... | |
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a small section of Reull Vallis on Mars. | Context imageCredit: NASA/JPL/MOLAThis VIS image shows a small section of Reull Vallis.Image information: VIS instrument. Latitude -41.2N, Longitude 106.6E. 22 meter/pixel resolution.Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.Note: this THEMIS visual image has not been radiometrical... | |
During the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission, pristine samples of Mars rock and regolith will be collected and sealed inside collection tubes for later retrieval by the Sample Retrieval Lander mission in the late 2020s. | During the NASA Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission, pristine samples of Mars rock and regolith (broken rock and dust) will be collected and sealed inside collection tubes. At strategic locations during the rover's drive, these tubes will be deposited onto the Martian surface to create collection points, or "depots." ... | |
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows Granicus Vallis, which is located northwest of the Elysium volcanic complex and may owe its origin to the interaction of volcanic heating and subsurface ground ice. | Granicus Vallis, located northwest of the Elysium volcanic complex, may owe its origin to the interaction of volcanic heating and subsurface ground ice. One of the most interesting features seen in this image are the quasi-dendritic depressions, best seen in the upper third of the image. These may be drainage systems f... | |
This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of the floor of Ganges Chasma. Deposits of fine surface materials and bright layered deposits are visible in this image. | Context imageThis VIS image shows part of the floor of Ganges Chasma. Deposits of fine surface materials and bright layered deposits are visible in this image. Ganges Chasma is part of the Valles Marineris chasma system, but is north of the main section of canyons.Orbit Number: 82734 Latitude: -7.8794 Longitude: 311.75... | |
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows a cleaned off portion of the rock dubbed Adirondack. In preparation for grinding into the rock, Spirit wiped off a fine coat of dust with a brush located on its rock abrasion tool. | This image taken by the panoramic camera onboard the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows a cleaned off portion of the rock dubbed Adirondack. In preparation for grinding into the rock, Spirit wiped off a fine coat of dust with a brush located on its rock abrasion tool. Scientists plan to analyze the newly-exposed patch... | |
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows spidery channels eroded into Martian ground. This terrain type, called spiders or 'araneiform' (from the Latin word for spiders), appears in some areas of far-southern Mars. | This image shows spidery channels eroded into Martian ground. It is an example from high-resolution observation of more than 20 places that were chosen in 2016 on the basis of about 10,000 volunteers' examination of lower-resolution images of larger areas near Mars' south pole.These sharper looks use the High Resolutio... | |
The lava flows in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft are located of the eastern margin of the Tharsis Volcanic complex. | Context imageThe lava flows in this VIS image are located of the eastern margin of the Tharsis Volcanic complex.Orbit Number: 52709 Latitude: 3.26702 Longitude: 272.733 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-11-01 00:12Please see the THEMIS Data Citation Note for details on crediting THEMIS images.NASA's Jet Propulsion Laborat... | |
This image of 'Neopolitan' from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's 'Eagle Crater' soil survey highlights the border between two different soil types, a lighter, finer-grained unit to the left and a darker, coarser-grained to the right. | Figure 1 (close-up)This panoramic camera image of the soil target whimsically called "Neopolitan" from the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity's "Eagle Crater" soil survey highlights the border between two different soil types - a lighter, finer-grained unit to the left and a darker, coarser-grained to the right. Scient... |
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