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High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA). We are based out of the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ.

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Joined December 2008
HiRISE 3D: Cellular Landforms on Crater Fill in Arabia Terra The aim of this image is to provide stereo pair to produce a digital terram model of cellular structures on the surface of a debris-covered glacier to investigate their formation mechanisms. uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_09…
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HiPOD: Northern Plains Flow Features This feature looks like a flow margin around a kipuka, so this is worth a closer look. A “kipuka”, a Hawaiian term, is an area that is surrounded by younger lava flows, in effect an “island” within a sea of lava. uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_07744…
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HiPOD: Of Rocky Deposits This observation features polygonal cracks that may be the remnants of an ancient lake bed. Our image will also fill in a gap in mosaic coverage of this area, a large impact crater at the edge of Isidis Planitia. uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_07743… #Mars #NASA
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HiPOD: Sinuous Ridges and Possible Layers A Context Camera image shows sinuous ridges and possible layers at this location. One interpretation is that erosion has formed inverted channels and incised them into distal alluvial fans. uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_06571… #Mars #science #NASA
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HiRISE 3D: A Massif at a Trough Intersection in Arcadia Planitia This observation shows an interesting massif located at the intersection of various fractures in this region of Mars. uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_09… NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona #Mars #NASA #science
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HiPOD: Esker Candidates in Mamers Valles An esker is a long ridge of sediment deposited by meltwater from a retreating glacier or ice sheet. These possible eskers could help us understand non-climatic drivers of meltwater production and habitability. uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_06571…
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HiPOD: Layers to the West of Gale Crater Our objective is to examine thin layers in the Nepenthes Mensae region. Because this location is close to Gale Crater, these layers may one day be compared to ones being studied by the Curiosity rover. uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_05556… #Mars
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HiRISE 3D: Streamlined Forms near Granicus Valles The objective of this observation is to examine a field of streamlined shapes in channels. uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_09… NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona #Mars #NASA #science
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HiPOD: The Beauty of Inverted Channels A public suggestion from HiWish: to image an area within an eroded impact crater that shows very clear layers and inverted channels exposed in the distal ends of two alluvial fans. uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_06539… #Mars #science #NASA
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HiRISE 3D: A Degraded Glacier A degraded lobate debris apron reveals former internal flow structure. Across-flow transect imaging would enable quantification of variable boulder density in different units of internal flow. uahirise.org/anaglyph/ESP_09… #Mars #NASA #science
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