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Zhurong (China)
Zhurong is a Mars rover that is China's first rover to land on another planet (they had previously landed two rovers on the Moon).
Perseverance (USA)
Perseverance, is a car-sized Mars rover designed to explore the crater Jezero on Mars as part of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission.
River of Sand
A dominant driver of surface processes on Mars today is aeolian (wind) activity. In many cases, sediment from this activity is trapped in low-lying areas, such as craters.
Deposits along the Northern Wall of Melas Chasma
It has been known since the 1970s when the Viking orbiters took pictures of Mars that there are large (i.e., several kilometers-thick) mounds of light-toned deposits within the central portion of Valles Marineris.
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.
Dunes and Bedrock
Sometimes, we acquire an image for the simple reason of getting either more coverage of an area, and/or to complete a mosaic of a particular spot.
Elongated Dunes
These lovely linear dunes at Meroe Patera identified in Context Camera images that have developed in a sand starved region of the dune field, elongating from behind a cliff.
Wind Carved Rock
The distinctively fluted surface and elongated hills in this image in Medusae Fossae are caused by wind erosion of a soft fine-grained rock.
A Long and Winding Channel in Tharsis
The Tharsis region of Mars is covered in vast lava flows, many with channels. Some channels, however, resemble features that may have been formed by water.
A Layered Butte in Northern Hellas
The objective of this observation is to examine a butte with many exposed and well-defined layers.