Hundreds of New Views from Telescope Orbiting Mars
The most powerful telescopic camera ever to orbit Mars reveals a fresh crater, an ice mound, climate-recording layers and many other views in 314 newly released observations.
The latest set of new images from the telescopic High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment Camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter offers detailed views of diverse Martian landscapes.Features as small as desks are revealed in the 314 observations made between June 6 and July 7, 2010, now available onthe camera team's siteandNASA's Planetary Data System.The camera is one of six instruments on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which reached Mars in 2006. For more information about the mission, seehttp://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/.