Part of the canyon floor and wall rock in southwestern Melas Chasma on Mars meanders in a pattern resembling a dragon.
April 22, 2020
Part of the canyon floor and wall rock in southwestern Melas Chasma on Mars meanders in a pattern resembling a dragon.
This image acquired on March 18, 2020 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows two different targets at once, a geologically-young crater and a ...
April 17, 2020
This image acquired on March 18, 2020 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows two different targets at once, a geologically-young crater and a small even younger one.
This image acquired on March 19, 2020 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows gullies in the sand dunes of Matara Crater.
April 17, 2020
This image acquired on March 19, 2020 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows gullies in the sand dunes of Matara Crater.
This image acquired on March 27, 2020 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a couple of dark lineations on the equator-facing wall of this im...
April 17, 2020
This image acquired on March 27, 2020 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a couple of dark lineations on the equator-facing wall of this impact crater that resemble small recurring slope lineae (RSL).
This image acquired on March 29, 2020 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a pitted, blocky surface, but also more unusually, it has contort...
April 17, 2020
This image acquired on March 29, 2020 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a pitted, blocky surface, but also more unusually, it has contorted, irregular features.
There are steep scarps facing the poles of both hemispheres that expose thick (up to 100 meters or more) sections of nearly pure water ice.
February 20, 2020
There are steep scarps facing the poles of both hemispheres that expose thick (up to 100 meters or more) sections of nearly pure water ice.
The annotated area of Mars in this illustration holds near-surface water ice that would be easily accessible for astronauts to dig up. The water ic...
December 10, 2019
The annotated area of Mars in this illustration holds near-surface water ice that would be easily accessible for astronauts to dig up. The water ice was identified as part of a map using data from NASA orbiters.
This rainbow-colored map shows underground water ice on Mars. Cool colors are closer to the surface than warm colors; black zones indicate areas wh...
December 10, 2019
This rainbow-colored map shows underground water ice on Mars. Cool colors are closer to the surface than warm colors; black zones indicate areas where a spacecraft would sink into fine dust; the outlined box represents the ideal region to send ast...
The yellow-white cloud in the bottom-center of this image is a Mars "dust tower" - a concentrated cloud of dust that can be lofted dozens o...
November 26, 2019
The yellow-white cloud in the bottom-center of this image is a Mars "dust tower" - a concentrated cloud of dust that can be lofted dozens of miles above the surface. The blue-white plumes are water vapor clouds.
The yellow-white cloud in the bottom-center of this image is a Mars "dust tower" — a concentrated cloud of dust that can be lofted dozens of ...
November 26, 2019
The yellow-white cloud in the bottom-center of this image is a Mars "dust tower" — a concentrated cloud of dust that can be lofted dozens of miles above the surface. The blue-white plumes are water vapor clouds. This image was taken on Nov. ...
Lighter colors represent higher elevation in this image of Jezero Crater on Mars, the landing site for NASA's Mars 2020 mission. The oval indicates...
November 12, 2019
Lighter colors represent higher elevation in this image of Jezero Crater on Mars, the landing site for NASA's Mars 2020 mission. The oval indicates the landing ellipse, where the rover will be touching down on Mars.
Color has been added to highlight minerals in this image of Jezero Crater on Mars, the landing site for NASA's Mars 2020 mission. The green color r...
November 12, 2019
Color has been added to highlight minerals in this image of Jezero Crater on Mars, the landing site for NASA's Mars 2020 mission. The green color represents minerals called carbonates, which are especially good at preserving fossilized life on Ear...
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, 201...
October 16, 2019
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.
This animation demonstrates the salty ponds and streams that scientists think may have been left behind as Gale Crater dried out over time. The bot...
October 07, 2019
This animation demonstrates the salty ponds and streams that scientists think may have been left behind as Gale Crater dried out over time. The bottom of the image is the floor of Gale Crater, with the peak being the side of Mount Sharp.
This animation illustrates Mars solar conjunction, a period when Mars is on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth. During this time, the Sun can ...
August 23, 2019
This animation illustrates Mars solar conjunction, a period when Mars is on the opposite side of the Sun from Earth. During this time, the Sun can interrupt radio transmissions to spacecraft on and around the Red Planet.
