Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Martian Landscape

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.

The Boston Globe's Alan Taylor has assembled 35 hi-res landscapes from the MRO.
For Mars in sci-fi, visit the Martian Chronicles.

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