Mesas and dunes stand out in the view snapped by HiRISE, one of the imagers aboard the agency\u2019s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.<\/p>\n
After nearly 20 years at the Red Planet, NASA\u2019s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has snapped its 100,000th image of the surface with its HiRISE camera. Short for High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE is the instrument the mission relies on for high-resolution images of features ranging from impact craters, sand dunes, and ice deposits to potential landing sites. Those images, in turn, help improve our understanding of Mars and prepare for NASA\u2019s future human missions there.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Captured Oct. 7, this milestone image from the spacecraft shows mesas and dunes within Syrtis Major, a region about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Jezero Crater, which NASA\u2019s Perseverance<\/a> rover is exploring. Scientists are analyzing the image to better understand the source of windblown sand that gets trapped in the region\u2019s landscape, eventually forming dunes.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cHiRISE hasn\u2019t just discovered how different the Martian surface is from Earth, it\u2019s also shown us how that surface changes over time,\u201d said MRO\u2019s project scientist, Leslie Tamppari of NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen dune fields<\/a> marching along with the wind and avalanches<\/a> careening down steep slopes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n The subject of the 100,000th image was recommended by a high school student through the HiWish<\/a> site, where anyone can suggest parts of the planet to study. Team members at University of Arizona in Tucson, which operates the camera, also make 3D models of HiRISE imagery so that viewers can experience virtual flyover videos<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cRapid data releases, as well as imaging targets suggested by the broader science community and public, have been a hallmark of HiRISE,\u201d said the camera\u2019s principal investigator, Shane Byrne of the University of Arizona in Tucson. \u201cOne hundred thousand images just like this one have made Mars more familiar and accessible for everyone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n More about MRO\u00a0<\/p>\n NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California manages MRO for NASA\u2019s Science Mission Directorate in Washington as part of NASA\u2019s Mars Exploration Program portfolio. Lockheed Martin Space in Denver built MRO and supports its operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n The University of Arizona in Tucson operates HiRISE, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., in Boulder, Colorado.\u00a0<\/p>\n For more information, visit: <\/p>\n https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/mission\/mars-reconnaissance-orbiter<\/a><\/p>\n News Media Contacts<\/p>\n Andrew Good\u00a0 Karen Fox \/ Molly Wasser\u00a0 2025-140<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mesas and dunes stand out in the view snapped by HiRISE, one of the imagers aboard the agency\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,48,17753,1845,132658,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-349222","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-jet-propulsion-laboratory","11":"tag-mars","12":"tag-mars-reconnaissance-orbiter-mro","13":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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