The small hill in this image of Amazonis Planitia has several dark slope streaks. These features are believed to form when down slope movement of rocks or other debris clear off some of the dust cover, revealing the darker rock material.
Orbit Number: 52100 Latitude: 13.5496 Longitude: 190.27 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-09-11 21:00
Today's VIS image shows lava flows in Daedalia Planum.
Orbit Number: 52099 Latitude: -21.4867 Longitude: 243.094 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-09-11 17:41
The low ridge that appears as a dark band below the horizon in the center of this scene is a Martian outcrop called "Cooperstown," a possible site for contact inspection with tools on the robotic arm of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity. The ridge extends roughly 100 feet (about 30 meters) from left to right, and it is about 260 feet (about 80 meters) away from the location from which Curiosity captured this view.
The image combines portions of two frames taken by the Navigation Camera (Navcam) on Curiosity on the 437th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission inside Gale Crater on Mars (October 28, 2013).
Curiosity had just completed the mission's first use of two-sol autonomous driving. It resumed autonomous driving on Sol 437 where it had left off driving on Sol 436 (October 27, 2013). In autonomous driving, the rover itself chooses the best route to reach designated waypoints, using onboard analysis of stereo images that it takes during pauses in the drive. The combined two-sol drive that brought Curiosity to this vantage point, for seeing Cooperstown, covered about 410 feet (125 meters).
The left edge of the scene is toward south-southwest, with an edge of Mount Sharp on the horizon; the right edge is toward the west, with part of the rim of Gale Crater on the horizon.
Today's VIS image shows another portion of Ravi Vallis (see PIA17545). In this image a small crater and the resistant material formed during the impact form a "donut" on the floor of the valley.
Orbit Number: 52058 Latitude: -0.104303 Longitude: 319.153 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-09-08 10:35
The channels in this VIS image are part of Ravi Vallis.
Orbit Number: 52008 Latitude: -0.038353 Longitude: 320.536 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-09-04 07:50
Dark dunes are located on the floor of an unnamed crater inside Firsoff Crater.
Orbit Number: 51982 Latitude: 2.88772 Longitude: 350.44 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-09-02 04:02
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity captured this southward uphill view after beginning to ascend the northwestern slope of "Solander Point" on the western rim of Endeavour Crater.
The view combines five frames taken by Opportunity's navigation camera on the 3,463rd Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (October 21, 2013). Opportunity had begun climbing the hill on Sol 3451 (October 8) and completed three additional uphill drives before reaching this point.
The rover team is using the rover to investigate outcrops on the slope. The northward-facing slope will tilt the rover's solar panels toward the sun in the southern-hemisphere winter sky, providing an important energy advantage for continuing mobile operations through the upcoming winter.
The scene extends from east-southeast on the left (with a glimpse across Endeavour Crater) to west-northwest on the right. It is presented as a seam-corrected cylindrical projection.
The channel in this VIS image is part of a large system of depressions located on the eastern side of the Elysium Mons volcanic complex. The depression in this image is located just south of Albor Tholus.
Orbit Number: 51964 Latitude: 16.9564 Longitude: 151.246 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-08-31 16:51
This image shows several of the channels located in the Elysium Mons volcanic complex. It is likely that these channels were formed by lava flow rather than water.
Orbit Number: 51952 Latitude: 31.5629 Longitude: 139.321 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-08-30 17:04
This VIS image shows one of the two landslide deposits within this unnamed crater north of Ares Vallis.
Orbit Number: 51920 Latitude: 12.4197 Longitude: 338.977 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-08-28 01:59
Today's VIS image was collected at the same time as yesterday's IR image. The ridge at the top of this image was the source of some of the landslides in the IR image.
Orbit Number: 51935 Latitude: -12.5409 Longitude: 291.998 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-08-29 05:46
The landslide deposits in this IR image are located in Valles Marineris and are called Coprates Labes.
Orbit Number: 51935 Latitude: -12.6599 Longitude: 291.987 Instrument: IR Captured: 2013-08-29 05:45
Today's VIS image shows part of the dune field on the floor of Proctor Crater.
Orbit Number: 51794 Latitude: -47.4051 Longitude: 30.9037 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-08-17 15:31
Dark slope streaks are common in Lycus Sulci, the complex ridged terrain surrounding the north and west side of Olympus Mons.
Orbit Number: 51949 Latitude: 29.862 Longitude: 225.603 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-08-30 11:09
Dark slope streaks are common throughout Lycus Sulci.
Orbit Number: 51837 Latitude: 19.097 Longitude: 212.486 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-08-21 06:00
Significant wind erosion has sculpted these materials located south of Olympus Mons.
Orbit Number: 51824 Latitude: 8.18554 Longitude: 225.7 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-08-20 04:26
This VIS image of Baltisk Crater shows a sand sheet on the crater floor and channels dissecting the outer rim.
Orbit Number: 51797 Latitude: -41.8923 Longitude: 305.466 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-08-17 21:25
Part of the [north-eastern] summit caldera of Olympus Mons is visible at the bottom of this image.
Orbit Number: 51824 Latitude: 19.1853 Longitude: 227.243 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-08-20 04:22
This is a screen shot from a high-definition simulated movie of Mojave Crater on Mars, based on images taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. A 3-D surface model was created using stereo pairs from the HiRISE camera. Mojave Crater has a diameter of 60 kilometers (37 miles).
This VIS image shows part of the southern flank of Ascraeus Mons. Large collapse features are common in this area.
Orbit Number: 51823 Latitude: 7.0923 Longitude: 254.36 Instrument: VIS Captured: 2013-08-20 02:28
