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View the release 'Public Invited To Pick Pixels on Mars'
Public Invited To Pick Pixels on Mars - 01/20/10

The most powerful camera aboard a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars will soon be taking photo suggestions from the public. >>

To make camera suggestions, visit http://uahirise.org/suggest/.
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New Craters on Mars Olivine, Phyllosilicates, and Ancient Crater Rims View Martian Weather Report
February 01, 2010
New Craters on Mars
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June 30, 2008
Olivine, Phyllosilicates, and Ancient Crater Rims
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January 18-24, 2010
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Recent News
Read the release 'Resumed Mars Orbiter Observations Yield Stunning Views' Resumed Mars Orbiter Observations Yield Stunning Views
Dunes of sand-sized materials have been trapped on the floors of many Martian craters. >>
Read the release 'Martian Landform Observations Fill Special Journal Issue' Martian Landform Observations Fill Special Journal Issue
Martian landforms shaped by winds, water, lava flow, seasonal icing and other forces are analyzed in 21 journal reports based on data from a camera orbiting Mars. >>
Read the release 'Spacecraft Out of Safe Mode' Spacecraft Out of Safe Mode
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter today has been taken out of the precautionary "safe mode" it had been in since August. >>
View the full image and caption 'Gullies and Flow Features on Crater Wall' Gullies and Flow Features on Crater Wall
This image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera shows a sample of the variety and complexity of processes that may occur on the walls of Martian craters, well after the impact crater formed. >>
Read the release 'Team Plans Uplink of Protective Files' Team Plans Uplink of Protective Files
The team operating NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter plans to uplink protective files to the spacecraft next week as one step toward resuming the orbiter's research and relay activities. >>
View the full image and caption 'Distal Rampart of Crater in Chryse Planitia' Distal Rampart of Crater in Chryse Planitia
Impact craters on Mars are kind of neat. Many of them look very different than impact craters seen on Earth's moon or Mercury. >>
View the full image and caption 'Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander Seen in Winter Images' Frost-Covered Phoenix Lander Seen in Winter Images
Images of NASA's Phoenix Lander from the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show the lander shrouded in dry-ice frost on Mars. >>
View the full image and caption 'Channels from Hale Crater' Channels from Hale Crater
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows channels to the southeast of Hale crater on southern Mars. Taken by the orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera, this view covers an area about 3 kilometers (2 miles) wide. >>
View the full image and caption 'New Set of High-Resolution Mars ' New Set of High-Resolution Mars
Thousands of image products from 233 recent telescopic observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show a diversity of surface shapes and textures on Mars. >>
View the full image and caption 'Radial Channels Carved by Dry Ice' Radial Channels Carved by Dry Ice
Spider-shaped features in the south polar region of Mars are carved by vaporizing dry ice in a dynamic seasonal process. >>
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Watch the videos 'Mars Exposed'
Mars Exposed
Watch the videos 'Looking at Landing Sites for MSL'
Looking at Landing
Sites for MSL
Watch the video 'Soaring Over Mars'
Soaring Over Mars
Screenshot from the movie 'Weather Movie, Mars South Polar Region, March-April 2009 - Close'
Weather Movies,
Mars South Polar Region,
March-April 2009
Screenshot from the movie 'Peeling Back Layers of a Martian Polar Ice Cap'
Peeling Back Layers of a Martian Polar Ice Cap
Screenshot from the movie 'Carbon-Dioxide Frost Settling from Seasonal Outbursts on Mars'
Carbon-Dioxide Frost Settling from Seasonal Outbursts
Screenshot from the movie 'Video Exploration of Details in Athabasca Valles on Mars'
Video Exploration of Details in Athabasca Valles on Mars
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