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Storm Chaser on Mars
March 20, 2012
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Catches a Twister in Action.
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Animation of a skinny "dust devil" on the dust-covered Amazonis Planitia region of northern Mars. (No audio)
Mars' Whirling Dust Devil
Images of locations in Gale Crater taken from orbit around Mars reveal evidence of erosion in recent geological times and development of small scarps, or vertical surfaces.
Erosion Patterns May Guide Mars Rover to Rocks Recently Exposed
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows the western wall of a small pit that is located along the floor of a larger trough in Coprates Catena. Dark layers line the bottom; li...
Layers along a Pit in Coprates Catena
Lucus Planum is a part of the enigmatic Medusa Fossae Formation, a broad, soft, and easily eroded deposit. Here this deposit is thin and considerably rougher than elsewhere, implying that it is hea...
Channel in Lucus Planum (3-D)
These barchan (crescent-shaped) sand dunes are found within the North Polar erg of Mars.
Well-Speckled Polar Dunes
The High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter provides this view of Olympus Mons, the tallest known volcano in the solar system.
NASA and Microsoft Provide Mars 3-D Close Encounter
Download a PDF of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Arival Press Kit.
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Arrival Press Kit
A rippled dune front in Herschel Crater on Mars moved an average of about one meter (about one yard) between March 3, 2007 and December 1, 2010, as seen in these images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissa...
Rippling Dune Front in Herschel Crater on Mars
This sequence of seven images from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows wind-caused changes in the parachute of NASA's Mars Sci...
Curiosity's Parachute Flapping in the Wind
This crater is named for G. Edward Danielson, Jr. who was instrumental in the development of a series of Mars cameras, from Mariner 4 launched in 1964 to the Mars Global Surveyor launched in 1996.
Layered Sediments in Danielson Crater
This enhanced image shows the inside of a rimless pit about 310 meters (1,017 feet) in diameter, northwest of the mountain Ascraeus Mons in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
Boulders Inside a Rimless Martian Pit (Stretched)
Artist rendering of commercial Mars satellites providing communications back to Earth.
Artist's Concept of Mars Satellites
The Eridania basin of southern Mars is believed to have held a sea about 3.7 billion years ago, with seafloor deposits likely resulting from underwater hydrothermal activity. This graphic shows est...
Estimated Water Depths in Ancient Martian Sea
This Mars map shows variations in thickness of the planet's crust, the relatively thin surface layer overlying the mantle of the planet. It shows unprecedented detail derived from new mapping of va...
Newly Detailed Map of Mars' Crustal Thickness
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has seen many places on the planet. One of the most interesting is one of the great canyon systems on Mars.
Soaring Over Mars
Dust-Mantled Topography near Zephyria Tholus
Dust-Mantled Topography near Zephyria Tholus
Artist's concept of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter approaching Mars.
Artist's concept of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter approaching Mars.
This is a small volcano superimposed on the flanks of a larger one of the Cerberus Tholi.
Small Floral-Shaped Volcano
This field of dunes lies on the floor of an old crater in Noachis Terra, one of the oldest places on Mars.
Colorful Dunes
Eridania Basin Light-Toned Outcrops
Eridania Basin Light-Toned Outcrops
This impact crater appears relatively recent as it has a sharp rim and well-preserved ejecta, the material thrown out of the crater when a meteorite hit Mars.
Crisp Crater in Sirenum Fossae
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 touc...
Jezero Crater's Ancient Lakeshore
This diagram illustrates an interpretation for the origin of some deposits in the Eridania basin of southern Mars as resulting from seafloor hydrothermal activity more than 3 billion years ago.
A Geologic Model for Eridania Basin on Ancient Mars
Caught in Action: This image shows avalanches on North Polar Scarps.
Caught in Action: Avalanches on North Polar Scarps
This series of images shows warm-season features that might be evidence of salty liquid water active on Mars today.
Warm-Season Flows on Slope in Newton Crater (Five-Image Sequence)
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