Originally from a somewhat spamish tweet. But they're sourced to Boston.com. Thirty-five very cool images of the landscape on Mars - with descriptions so you know what you're seeing.
Since 2006, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been orbiting Mars, currently circling approximately 300 km (187 mi) above the Martian surface. On board the MRO is HiRISE, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera, which has been photographing the planet for several years now at resolutions as fine as mere inches per pixel. Collected here is a group of images from HiRISE over the past few years, in either false color or grayscale, showing intricate details of landscapes both familiar and alien, from the surface of our neighboring planet, Mars. I invite you to take your time looking through these, imagining the settings - very cold, dry and distant, yet real. (35 photos total)
Pretty awesome stuff. The first one looks like someone's tattoo.
Posted by: Ad rem | Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 08:13 PM
amazing how we can look at the surface of mars like that, seeing our lander and its tracks was incredible.
Posted by: x11b1p | Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 08:31 PM
And they're some other outstanding photo-essays at the site, boston.com. Thanks.
Posted by: gary gulrud | Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 05:47 AM