Mars
Odyssey
This computer-generated view based on multiple orbital observations shows Mars' Gale crater as if seen from an aircraft north of the crater.
July 05, 2011
This computer-generated view based on multiple orbital observations shows Mars' Gale crater as if seen from an aircraft north of the crater.
This computer-generated view based on multiple orbital observations shows Mars' Gale crater as if seen from an aircraft north of the crater.
July 05, 2011
This computer-generated view based on multiple orbital observations shows Mars' Gale crater as if seen from an aircraft north of the crater.
Just as on Earth, volcanism and tectonism are found together on Mars. Here is an example: the ridges and fractures of Claritas Fossae are affecting...
June 21, 2011
Just as on Earth, volcanism and tectonism are found together on Mars. Here is an example: the ridges and fractures of Claritas Fossae are affecting or perhaps hosting the volcanic flows of Solis Planum.
The dunes in this VIS image are located in Aonia Terra.
This image shows the context for orbital observations of exposed rocks that had been buried an estimated 5 kilometers (3 miles) deep on Mars.
March 08, 2011
This image shows the context for orbital observations of exposed rocks that had been buried an estimated 5 kilometers (3 miles) deep on Mars.
Geological faulting has opened cracks in the Cerberus region that slice through flat plains and mesas alike.
December 09, 2010
Geological faulting has opened cracks in the Cerberus region that slice through flat plains and mesas alike.
Chasma Boreale is a long, flat-floored valley that cuts deep into Mars' north polar icecap
December 08, 2010
Chasma Boreale is a long, flat-floored valley that cuts deep into Mars' north polar icecap
Bacolor Crater is a magnificent impact feature about 20 kilometers (12 miles) wide.
December 08, 2010
Bacolor Crater is a magnificent impact feature about 20 kilometers (12 miles) wide.
Although this may look like a hostile alien life form, it's actually a complex line of sand dunes near the northern ice cap of Mars.
December 08, 2010
Although this may look like a hostile alien life form, it's actually a complex line of sand dunes near the northern ice cap of Mars.
A sea of dark dunes, sculpted by the wind into long lines, surrounds the northern polar cap covering an area as big as Texas.
December 08, 2010
A sea of dark dunes, sculpted by the wind into long lines, surrounds the northern polar cap covering an area as big as Texas.
A vast dune field lies near the northern polar cap of Mars. Seen here in summer, the dunes have partially buried an impact crater about 1,000 meter...
December 08, 2010
A vast dune field lies near the northern polar cap of Mars. Seen here in summer, the dunes have partially buried an impact crater about 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) wide.
If a meteorite breaks in two shortly before hitting the ground, the typical bowl shape of a single impact crater becomes doubled.
December 08, 2010
If a meteorite breaks in two shortly before hitting the ground, the typical bowl shape of a single impact crater becomes doubled.
Chasma Boreale is a long, flat-floored valley that cuts deep into Mars' north polar icecap
December 08, 2010
Chasma Boreale is a long, flat-floored valley that cuts deep into Mars' north polar icecap
Sand dunes shaped like blue-black flames lie next to a central hill within an unnamed, 120-kilometer-wide (75-mile-wide) crater in eastern Arabia o...
December 08, 2010
Sand dunes shaped like blue-black flames lie next to a central hill within an unnamed, 120-kilometer-wide (75-mile-wide) crater in eastern Arabia on Mars.
Although it is 45 kilometers (28 miles) wide, countless layers of ice and dust have all but buried Udzha Crater.
December 08, 2010
Although it is 45 kilometers (28 miles) wide, countless layers of ice and dust have all but buried Udzha Crater.
West of Valles Marineris lies a checkerboard named Noctis Labyrinthus, which formed when the Martian crust stretched and fractured.
December 08, 2010
West of Valles Marineris lies a checkerboard named Noctis Labyrinthus, which formed when the Martian crust stretched and fractured.
A false-color mosaic focuses on one junction in Noctis Labyrinthus where canyons meet to form a depression 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) deep.
December 08, 2010
A false-color mosaic focuses on one junction in Noctis Labyrinthus where canyons meet to form a depression 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) deep.
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.
December 08, 2010
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.
In Ares Vallis, teardrop mesas extend like pennants behind impact craters, where the raised rocky rims diverted the floods and protected the ground...
December 08, 2010
In Ares Vallis, teardrop mesas extend like pennants behind impact craters, where the raised rocky rims diverted the floods and protected the ground from erosion.
Wind shadow and real shadow combine to give a striking image of a comet.
December 08, 2010
Wind shadow and real shadow combine to give a striking image of a comet.
Mars Odyssey Project Manager Gaylon McSmith, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
October 15, 2010
Mars Odyssey Project Manager Gaylon McSmith, of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The giant, 70-meter-wide antenna at NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Goldstone, Calif., tracks a spacecraft on Nov. 17, 2009.
August 25, 2010
The giant, 70-meter-wide antenna at NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Goldstone, Calif., tracks a spacecraft on Nov. 17, 2009.
This image shows a 90-mile-wide portion of the giant Valles Marineris canyon system. Landslide debris and gullies in the canyon walls on Mars can b...
July 23, 2010
This image shows a 90-mile-wide portion of the giant Valles Marineris canyon system. Landslide debris and gullies in the canyon walls on Mars can be seen at 100 meters (330 feet) per pixel.
Valles Marineris, the "Grand Canyon of Mars," sprawls wide enough to reach from Los Angeles to nearly New York City, if it were located on ...
July 23, 2010
Valles Marineris, the "Grand Canyon of Mars," sprawls wide enough to reach from Los Angeles to nearly New York City, if it were located on Earth. The red outline box shows the location of a second, full-resolution image.
This unnamed channel is located in Xanthe Terra.
Sixteen seventh-graders at Evergreen Middle School in Cottonwood, Calif., found the Martian pit feature at the center of the superimposed red squar...
June 17, 2010
Sixteen seventh-graders at Evergreen Middle School in Cottonwood, Calif., found the Martian pit feature at the center of the superimposed red square in this image while participating in a program that enables students to use the camera on NASA's M...
This view of an area about 140 kilometers (about 90 miles) wide in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars shows the region around NASA's Mars Explorat...
April 30, 2010
This view of an area about 140 kilometers (about 90 miles) wide in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars shows the region around NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.
Stages in the seasonal disappearance of surface ice from the ground around the Phoenix Mars Lander are visible in these images taken on Feb. 8, 201...
February 23, 2010
Stages in the seasonal disappearance of surface ice from the ground around the Phoenix Mars Lander are visible in these images taken on Feb. 8, 2010, (left) and Feb. 25, 2010, during springtime on northern Mars.
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, its backshell and its heatshield are visible within this enhanced-color image of the Phoenix landing site taken on Jan....
January 11, 2010
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, its backshell and its heatshield are visible within this enhanced-color image of the Phoenix landing site taken on Jan. 6, 2010 by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaiss...
Continuing our survey of non-crater dune fields brings us to this group of dunes in Aonia Terra. The daytime IR illustrates the warmth of the dune ...
October 26, 2009
Continuing our survey of non-crater dune fields brings us to this group of dunes in Aonia Terra. The daytime IR illustrates the warmth of the dune material compared to the surrounding materials.
July 22, 2009
On the southwest edge of the immense volcanic region of Tharsis, lava from its giant volcanoes flowed down to meet the old cratered landscape of Terra Sirenum.
Odyssey launched on Boeing's Delta II 7925 that uses nine strap-on solid rocket motors.
July 22, 2009
Odyssey launched on Boeing's Delta II 7925 that uses nine strap-on solid rocket motors.
The image shows a very tall, wide, dish-shaped device that is about three times as wide and as tall as the two-story dome that supports it. Four me...
February 16, 2009
The image shows a very tall, wide, dish-shaped device that is about three times as wide and as tall as the two-story dome that supports it. Four metal ladderlike extensions form a pyramidal structure topped by a box-like frame used for transmissio...
This image superimposes Gamma-Ray Spectrometer data from NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter onto topographic data from the laser altimeter on NASA's Mars ...
November 17, 2008
This image superimposes Gamma-Ray Spectrometer data from NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter onto topographic data from the laser altimeter on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor.
Bright blue marks a deposit of chloride (salt) minerals in the southern highlands of Mars in this false-color image, which highlights mineral compo...
March 20, 2008
Bright blue marks a deposit of chloride (salt) minerals in the southern highlands of Mars in this false-color image, which highlights mineral composition differences.
THEMIS Support for Landing Site Selection
October 18, 2007
THEMIS Support for Landing Site Selection
The floor of this unnamed crater in Aonia Terra has been filled with multiple layers of material.
June 25, 2007
The floor of this unnamed crater in Aonia Terra has been filled with multiple layers of material.
The dune field in this polar region crater looks like a stubby arrow pointing the way west. This unnamed crater is located in Planum Chronium.
June 22, 2007
The dune field in this polar region crater looks like a stubby arrow pointing the way west. This unnamed crater is located in Planum Chronium.
This color-coded map indicates the depth to icy layers at a site in southern Mars. The dense, icy layer retains heat better than the looser soil ab...
May 02, 2007
This color-coded map indicates the depth to icy layers at a site in southern Mars. The dense, icy layer retains heat better than the looser soil above it, so where the icy layer is closer to the surface, the surface temperature changes more slowly...
Color coding in this map of a far-northern site on Mars indicates the change in nighttime ground-surface temperature between summer and fall. This ...
May 02, 2007
Color coding in this map of a far-northern site on Mars indicates the change in nighttime ground-surface temperature between summer and fall. This site, like most of high-latitude Mars, has water ice mixed with soil near the surface. The ice is pr...
Spider Web Pattern
Sand-laden jets shoot into the polar sky in this view by noted space artist Ron Miller.
August 16, 2006
Sand-laden jets shoot into the polar sky in this view by noted space artist Ron Miller.
This lava channel is part of the Elysium Mons flows.
This region of Terra Sabaea contains areas with high densities of small craters.
May 17, 2006
This region of Terra Sabaea contains areas with high densities of small craters.
The many small channels dissecting the top part of this image are drainage valleys on Mars. Most are draining downhill to the top of the image as s...
March 13, 2006
The many small channels dissecting the top part of this image are drainage valleys on Mars. Most are draining downhill to the top of the image as seen by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey.
Fly Through Mariner Valley
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A "Grand Canyon of Mars" slices across the Red Planet near its equator.
March 13, 2006
A "Grand Canyon of Mars" slices across the Red Planet near its equator.
