Posts Tagged ‘impact crater’

A Bull’s-Eye

29 July 2010 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

On a planet filled with craters of every shape and size, an unusual impact crater came to the atten­tion of sci­en­tists study­ing Mars using NASA’s HiRISE cam­era aboard the Mars Recon­nais­sance Orbiter.

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Streaking Dolphins

22 January 2010 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Streaks in the dunes of Mars remind me of play­ful dol­phins in this image from NASA’s HiRISE cam­era aboard Mars Recon­nais­sance Orbiter. HiRISE began imag­ing Mars again just last month after tech­ni­cians decided that what­ever caused a series of com­puter glitches aboard the space­craft would not threaten the mis­sion. HiRISE and the other sci­en­tific instru­ments aboard MRO had gone into “safe-mode” in August. HiRISE is return­ing spec­tac­u­lar imagery now.

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