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Bunge Crater Dunes

Polygonal Patterned Ground

The Grand Canyon of Mars-Valles Marineris

Shalbatana Vallis

Badlands of Aram Chaos

Opportunity's View During Exploration in Duck Bay

The Serpent Dust Devil of Mars

Eastern Floor of Aram Chaos

Hematite in Capri Chasma

Millipedes of Mars

Gullies on Mars

Slope Streaks in Acheron Fossae

Mars Methane Mystery

A Martian Sunset

Martian Dust Devil Tracks

Nili Patera and Dacite Lava Flow

Mazatzal in Color

Mars Crater Ice

Seasonal Processes-Omega Sublimation

Dust Devils on Mars

Stickney Crater, Phobos

East Rim of Endeavour Crater

Fans and ribbons of dark sand dunes creep across the floor of Bunge Crater in response to winds blowing from the direction at the top of the picture. The frame is about 14 kilometers (9 miles) wide.

Bunge Crater Dunes
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From a distance, the floor of this crater looks like a giant honeycomb or spider web. The intersecting shapes, or polygons, commonly occur in the northern lowlands of Mars.

Polygonal Patterned Ground
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This mosaic image of Valles Marineris - colored to resemble the martian surface - comes from the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS), a visible-light and infrared-sensing camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter.

The Grand Canyon of Mars-Valles Marineris
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This image shows two small tributaries, just east of where they join Shalbatana Vallis.

Shalbatana Vallis
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This mosaic was acquired on Sol 36 (February 8, 2004) by the Spirit rover's panoramic camera (Pancam). Spirit performed measurements on a rock called "Adirondack," which is visible at the top of this mosaic. This false color image brings out subtle color differences in the scene.

Someday
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This observation shows erosional features on light-toned rocks in Aram Chaos, a crater near the equator of Mars that has been nearly filled with sedimentary rocks.

Badlands of Aram Chaos
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NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its navigation camera to take the images combined into this full-circle view of the rover's surroundings on the 1,506th through 1,510th Martian days, or sols, of Opportunity's mission on Mars (April 19-23, 2008).

Opportunity's View During Exploration in Duck Bay
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Shortly after midnight Sunday morning (5 April 1998 12:39 AM PST), the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft successfully acquired a high resolution image of the "Face on Mars" feature in the Cydonia region.

Face on Mars
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A towering dust devil casts a serpentine shadow over the Martian surface in this image acquired by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

The Serpent Dust Devil of Mars
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This image reveals exposed layers in Noctis Labyrinthus which may contain signatures of iron bearing sulfates and phyllosilcate (clay) minerals.

Eastern Floor of Aram Chaos
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In this HiRISE image taken within Capri Chasma, TES also detected the same crystalline gray hematite like that found at Meridiani Planum.

Hematite in Capri Chasma
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Sand dunes are among the most widespread aeolian features present on Mars.

Millipedes of Mars
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Newton Crater on Mars is a large basin formed by an asteroid impact that probably occurred more than 3 billion years ago. It is approximately 287 km (178 miles) across.

Gullies on Mars
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This observation shows a portion of the wall (light-toned material) and floor of a trough in the Acheron Fossae region of Mars. Many dark and light-toned slope streaks are visible on the wall of the trough surrounded by dunes.

Slope Streaks in Acheron Fossae
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A team of NASA and university scientists has achieved the first definitive detection of methane in the atmosphere of Mars. This discovery indicates the planet is either biologically or geologically active.

Mars Methane Mystery
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On May 19th, 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit captured this stunning view as the Sun sank below the rim of Gusev crater on Mars.

A Martian Sunset
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This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image portrays a plethora of dark streaks created by passing dust devils during early summer in the martian southern hemisphere

Martian Dust Devil Tracks
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Part of a multispectral THEMIS infrared image of Nili Patera caldera on Syrtis Major has been superimposed on a high-resolution THEMIS visual image.

Nili Patera and Dacite Lava Flow
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The enhanced-color image taken by the microscopic imager on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the rock dubbed "Mazatzal" after a portion of its surface was brushed clean by the rover's rock abrasion tool.

Mazatzal in Color
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The European Space Agency's (ESA's) Mars Express obtained this view of an unnamed impact crater located on Vastitas Borealis, a broad plain that covers much of Mars's far northern latitudes.

Mars Crater Ice
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Mars's seasonal polar caps are composed primarily of carbon-dioxide frost.

Seasonal Processes-Omega Sublimation
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This beautiful observation shows a gorgeous pattern of dust devil tracks.

Dust Devils on Mars
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The large impact crater known as Stickney is the largest crater on the Martian moon Phobos.

Stickney Crater, Phobos
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Ancient floods carved Kasei Valles

Kasei Channels
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NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its panoramic camera to record this eastward horizon view on the 2,407th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (October 31, 2010).

East Rim of Endeavour Crater
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