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Old Features and New
This image covers a portion of a typical impact crater in Terra Sirenum at about 40 degrees south latitude on Mars.
Layers in a Phlegra Montes Impact Crater
The objective of this observation is to examine at least two layers that are exposed in the wall of an impact crater that’s less than 5 km across.
Stratigraphy in Cross Crater
Cross Crater, about 65 kilometers in diameter, is located in the highlands of the Terra Sirenum region of Mars.
Possible Clays and Chlorides near Columbus Crater
Data from other instruments, such as THEMIS and CRISM, imply that chlorides are present here; the CRISM data…
Icy Cliffs and Impact Craters
We’ve come to understand in recent years that about a third of Mars has ice just below the…
A Tale of Collapse Terrain
North of Ganges Chasma lies Orson Welles Crater, whose floor contains broken up blocks we call chaotic terrain and which is the source for the major outflow channel Shalbatana Vallis.
An Impact Crater within Nanedi Valles
With this image, we can cross-dating the relative age of the impact with that of the valley system, as well as learning more about the fluvial and morphology characteristics of area.
The Saga of Airy-0
Up to now, we’ve never imaged Airy-0, a crater within Airy Crater that formerly was used to define…
Exposed Fractured Bedrock in the Central Pit of a Crater
This HiRISE image shows the central pit feature of an approximately 20-kilometer diameter complex crater in located at…
Soffen Crater Floor
Dr. Gerald A. Soffen (February 7, 1926 — November 22, 2000) was a project scientist for the NASA’s…