Weird Lava flows on Mars
In this image we can see more than a dozen lava coils in a volcanic region on Mars, named Cerberus Palus that is about 500
Barchan sand dunes on Mars
This image from HiRISE, on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows two flat top mesas in southern Mars when the season was changing from Spring to
Layers in Danielson Crater, Mars
These layered sediments in Danielson Crater, from the HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, are of great interest because they are very regular in
Elephant Face on Mars
A new photo taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, highlights terrain that looks like an elephant. Image
Dust Devil on Mars (video)
NASA’s High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured in Amazonis Planitia region of northern Mars, a twisting column of
Dunes in Late Fall, Mars
These dunes in Aonia Terra are being monitored from HiRISE for changes such as gullies, which form over the winter from the action of carbon
Active Erosion in Martian Crater
This image from HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows knobs and bluffs that are being actively eroded
Crater in Noachis Terra, Mars
This enhanced-color image shows sand dunes trapped in an impact crater in Noachis Terra, Mars. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
Mars Sand Dunes in Motion
A rippled dune front in Herschel Crater on Mars moved an average of about two meters (about two yards) between March 3, 2007 and December
Mars Sand Dune changes
Now that HiRISE has been returning data from its primary science orbit at Mars since 2006, it has been able to document changes in the
