A Frosted Surface
HiRISE PICTURE OF THE DAY: 27 APRIL 2025
A Frosted Surface

This is the first of a new monitoring series to track seasonal processes.



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.

A Look at a Steep North Polar Scarp
The image reveals relatively dark streaks down the steep slope, so landslide activity has already started in this area of Mars.