Mars Crater...What detail !!

[Tamtarn]

Saw this on the net

NASA has equipped its new Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter with the largest spacecraft telescope ever built and flew it closer to Mars than any previous spacecraft.This telescope as called the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, and returning the most detailed images ever seen of the Martian surface.

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Victoria Crater

Barb

[stephenmcnelley]

I hope it hasnt been enhanced, that sure is a beauty.

[Shawn]

Makes you wonder how long its been there huh, I think Mars is still hiding secrets..

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[ispom]

MRO also has photographed the Oppy an the rover tracks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Opportunity_at_Victoria_Crate r_from_Mars_reconnaissance_orbiter. jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Opportunity_at_Victoria_Crate r_from_Mars_reconnaissance_orbiter. jpg)

we can expect still much beautiful pictures from this probe

[Tamtarn]

Thanks Ispom ...... even the Rover tracks ....... Amazing .. :eyepop:

[ving]

fully sic!

[casstony]

Such beautiful photos make me annoyed at our limited space travel abilities.

[h0ughy]

Just think too that they are "old" cameras, the newer ones are capable of even more clarity and definition. looking forward for future images of the surface.

[ispom]

the finest picture ever shot from Mars Orbit was imho the Mars Express photo „Olympus mons“

http://www.dlr.de/mars/DesktopDefault.aspx/tabid-388/421_read-2532/gallery-1/gallery_read-Image.8.1200/ (http://www.dlr.de/mars/DesktopDefault.aspx/tabid-388/421_read-2532/gallery-1/gallery_read-Image.8.1200/)

available in a spectacular 15 MB definition:

http://www.dlr.de/mars/Portaldata/8/Resources/portal_news/110204_olympus_mons/olympus_mons_co.jpg (http://www.dlr.de/mars/Portaldata/8/Resources/portal_news/110204_olympus_mons/olympus_mons_co.jpg)

ore these fotos:

http://esamultimedia.esa.int/images/marsexpress/216-190705-1034-6-co-01-BiblisP_H.jpg (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/images/marsexpress/216-190705-1034-6-co-01-BiblisP_H.jpg)

http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMKW9A5QCE_index_1.html (http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMKW9A5QCE_index_1.html)

on other ESA sites:

http://search.esa.int/queryAS.html?col=esacp&ht=0&qp=&qs=&qc=&pw=100%25&ws=0&la=en&si=0&fs=&op0=%2B&fl0=&ty0=p&tx0=olympus+mons&op1=%2B&fl1=section%3A&ty1=w&tx1=Space+Science&qt=&ex=&rq=0&oq=&ws=0&qm=0&ql=&st=1&nh=10&lk=1&rf=1 (http://search.esa.int/queryAS.html?col=esacp&ht=0&qp=&qs=&qc=&pw=100%25&ws=0&la=en&si=0&fs=&op0=%2B&fl0=&ty0=p&tx0=olympus+mons&op1=%2B&fl1=section%3A&ty1=w&tx1=Space+Science&qt=&ex=&rq=0&oq=&ws=0&qm=0&ql=&st=1&nh=10&lk=1&rf=1)

[ispom]

like the pictures of Oppy from orbit now also new images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show three additional NASA spacecraft that have landed on Mars: the Spirit rover active on the surface since January 2004 and the two Viking landers that successfully reached the surface in 1976.

http://www.universetoday.com/2006/12/04/nasas-spirit-rover-from-space/ (http://www.universetoday.com/2006/12/04/nasas-spirit-rover-from-space/)

[casstony]

They are all amazing pictures but from a purely aesthetic viewpoint I ca't go past that Victoria crater shot - a few major features in and around the crater combine to provide a beautiful image. Of course, all arid landscapes look beautiful from the air - not so nice when you're on the ground.

[Omaroo]

You just have to love American acronyms.... High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment.... "High Rise" :thumbsup: