Fascinating hi res images of Mars surface

Hi all - just stumbled upon these beautiful images taken of Mars surface, everyone a potential screensaver

www.boston.com...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been orbiting Mars since 2006 above the Martian surface taking these images using HiRISE (the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera) at resolutions close to pixels per inches. It is mentioned that the images presented are in either 'false colour' ? Go figure or grayscale, but the detail they show is quite something which does raise the old question of why can't they show images of this clarity of our Moon?

Anyhoo hope you enjoy them as much as I did

Berth

I saw at least 200 bases and underground tubes

very other worldly and fascinating indeed.

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Fantastic set of photographs!



I can get lost in looking at them. They show such wonderful details, such as the stunning effects of dust devils on the landscapes. The painter in me wants to do something with this series... really.

wow,that's so cool!Thanks for sharing.

Photo 27... What do you guys make of the "bubbles" you clearly see?

awesome pictures.
some are just stunning.
it makes me think though, if we can get such clear detailed close up shots like this all the way in mars, why cant we zoom into the mountains of pakistan and afghanistan and find bin laden moving around with his homeboys. oh yeah. he's dead

I see! These are great pictures. Thanks s&f for you efforts.

[edit on 11/9/09 by Ophiuchus 13]

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Amazing photos, starred and flagged.

This is how space exploration should look in the modern age.