HiRISE is the instrument NASA used to take stunning and clear pictures of planet Mars. HiRISE stands for High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment which has the ability to take clear pictures of objects that are as small as 1 meter wide. This high-resolution technology allows scientists and experts to identify better features and possible landing positions for future launches.

Now, we want to talk about the aesthetic parts. Between August to October, more than 2,500 pictures were captured and released to public to be seen. We chose 40 out of them and explain what they are. These pictures show huge craters, large chasms and remains of old spaceships that landed/crashed onto the planet.

#1 The black splotch is where the European Space Agency’s Schiaparelli Mars Lander crashed and the white specks pointed out with arrows are pieces of the lander

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#2 A crater on Arcadia Planitia, a large flat region of Mars

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#3 A large chasm

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#4 Ancient bedrock

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#5 Possible landing site for the Mars 2020 mission

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#6 A rainbow colored sprinkling on a Martian slope

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#7 Crater near Hydaspis chaos

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#8 Central structure of impact crater

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#9 Caterpillar dune region

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#10 Candidate ExoMars landing site in Oxia Palus

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#11 Aram chaos, heavily eroded impact crater on the planet Mars

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#12 Crater with distinct infrared signature

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#13 Crater with steep slopes

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#14 Dunes in a Martian crater. The red bar is an artifact of Nasas image processing

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#15 Dunes on crater floor

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#16 Eos chasma

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#17 False colors assigned to certain minerals make Syria Planum an inky blue that’s speckled with gold

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#18 Floor of double crater

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#19 Layered deposit in Gale crater

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#20 Mars in it’s two toned glory

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#21 Mid latitude terrain

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#22 Monitoring sand movement

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#23 Another possible landing site for the 2020 mission

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#24 Painting with frost

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#25 Potential lava flow

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#26 Rock with terrace and shadow

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#27 Scientists think this might have been pieces blown away by an impact

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#28 Search for Mars polar lander

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#29 Monitoring of a slope

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#30 Some dark rust colored dunes in Russell crater

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