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High res photo of Mars
Apr. 11th, 2006 08:46 amThe first image of Mars by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
The image of the old stream bed sets my sensawunda soaring, and some of the craters are really beautiful, too.
"Old stream valleys cut into the flanks of a gently sloping mountain range in the center of the image. Layers of smooth-textured deposits have mantled the stream valleys and many impact craters. Wind and sublimation of water or carbon dioxide ice have partially eroded patches of the smooth-textured deposits, leaving behind areas of layered and hummocky terrain."
Via Teresa Cochran on Trufen.
The image of the old stream bed sets my sensawunda soaring, and some of the craters are really beautiful, too.
"Old stream valleys cut into the flanks of a gently sloping mountain range in the center of the image. Layers of smooth-textured deposits have mantled the stream valleys and many impact craters. Wind and sublimation of water or carbon dioxide ice have partially eroded patches of the smooth-textured deposits, leaving behind areas of layered and hummocky terrain."
Via Teresa Cochran on Trufen.
