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Meridiani Planum
August 24, 2004
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NASA/JPL/Arizona State University
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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.
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Ius Chasma is unique from the other chasmata of Valles Marineris in possessing mega gullies on both sides of the chasma. This image was captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft.
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This image shows the context for orbital observations of exposed rocks that had been buried an estimated 5 kilometers (3 miles) deep on Mars.
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Mars is experiencing large regional dust storms over its northern hemisphere during the past week.
The Martian Dust Storm of June 2018
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.
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This artist's concept shows NASA's Mars orbiters lining up behind the Red Planet for their "duck and cover" maneuver to shield them fro comet dust that may result from the close flyby of comet Sidi...
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Wind shadow and real shadow combine to give a striking image of a comet.
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This false color image shows a region with craters of different ages located at the margin of Acidalia Planitia. This image was collected during the Northern Spring season.
Cratered Acidalia Planitia
Colors in this image of the Martian moon Phobos indicate a range of surface temperatures detected by observing the moon on Sept. 29, 2017, with the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera o...
Martian Moon Phobos in Thermal Infrared Image
This unnamed channel is located in Xanthe Terra.
Channel in Xanthe Terra
Western flank of Elysium Mons.
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Re-analysis of 2002-2009 data from a hydrogen-finding instrument on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter increased the resolution of maps of hydrogen abundance.
Analysis Sharpens Mars Hydrogen Map, Hinting Equatorial Water Ice
This is a Mars Odyssey visible color image of an unnamed crater in western Arcadia Planitia (near 39 degrees N, 179 degrees E). The crater shows a number of interesting internal and external featur...
Western Arcadia Planitia
Large fractures have formed 'steps' in this region of Tempe Terra.
Tempe Terra
This movie shows three views of the Martian moon Phobos as viewed in visible light by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter. The apparent motion is due to movement by Odyssey's infrared camera, Thermal ...
Odyssey's Three Views of Phobos in Visible Light
Geological faulting has opened cracks in the Cerberus region that slice through flat plains and mesas alike.
Mars Odyssey All Stars: Cerberus Crack
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 Pl...
Volcanism & Tectonism
A lunar eclipse, a solar eclipse and Mars has a close encounter with a comet.
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Morning clouds fill Coprates Chasma on Mars in this Nov. 25, 2015, image from the THEMIS camera on NASA's Mars Odyssey. No orbiter systematically observed Mars in morning sunlight before 2015. The ...
Mars Odyssey View of Morning Clouds in Canyon
The floor of this unnamed crater in Aonia Terra has been filled with multiple layers of material.
Layered Fill
Six views of the Martian moon Phobos captured by NASA's Odyssey orbiter as of March 2020. The orbiter's THEMIS camera is used to measure temperature variations that suggest what kind of material th...
Odyssey's Six Views of Phobos
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