The Coolest Landscape on Mars (or Earth)
HiRISE PICTURE OF THE DAY: 23 JULY 2024
The Coolest Landscape on Mars (or Earth)

While many Martian landscapes are similar to ones on Earth, the Red Planet also has an exotic side.



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.