Crevassed Glacier-Like Forms
HiRISE PICTURE OF THE DAY: 7 OCTOBER 2025

Crevassed on Mars

This observation is part of a global campaign to look at glacier-like forms that show crevasse-like fractures on their surfaces. This image will also be useful for a study of fracture mechanics in viscous flow features on Mars.



HiRISE Instrument News
Since July 23, 2023, HiRISE observations have lacked data from the RED4 CCD due to a hardware issue, creating a gap in the middle of image products and reducing the color swath to 1 CCD width. We are investigating the hardware issue and may be able to acquire some RED4 data in the future.

Circular Sand Dunes
Sand dunes of many shapes and sizes are common on Mars. In this example the dunes are almost perfectly circular, which is unusual.