Posts Tagged ‘mars reconnaissance orbiter’
Rough hide of Mars
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
From orbit, some landscapes of Mars resemble a rough animal hide. Explore this image from the HiRISE camera aboard Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and you can find just about every type of sand dune known to exist. What shapes and stories can your imagination dream up from this image? Share a note below.
A thousand Martian spiders
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Martian spiders scurry around the surface in this image from NASA’s HiRISE camera.
Fans of a Martian ocean
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
These hills of Mars resemble sea fans from Earth’s oceans.
Dizzying Dunes
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Anyone who has spent time at a swimming pool has seen something like this image. It looks like shadows on the bottom of a pool from ripples on the surface. But wind, instead of water, is involved in making this dizzying pattern of dunes on Mars.
Crater Swirls
Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Vine-like patterns swirl through the landscape of the Russell Crater dune field on Mars.
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The ancient peoples saw pictures in the sky. From those patterns in the heavens, ancient storytellers created legends about heroes, maidens, dragons, bears, centaurs, dogs and mythical creatures…Read More
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