May 2024
The universe in acrylics - an artist’s passion
... Interplanetary Society’s Reinventing Space Conference, a friend shared some photos of his creations inspired by imagery taken by the HiRise camera on Mars. I was blown away by the textures and colours of the imagery and had to get paint on canvas...
June 2015
Beagle 2: discovering the lost Mars lander
... to the mission more than a decade ago after contact with Beagle 2 was lost. Images taken by the HiRISE camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) were initially analysed by Michael Croon of Trier, Germany, a former member of ESA...
07 August 2019
Crater evidence points to a past mega-tsunami on Mars
... plan to examine the crater further using images from the big and powerful HiRISE camera stowed on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Experiment) can take pictures that see features as small as a kitchen...
28 September 2015
Images taken by MRO’s HiRISE make case for salt water on Mars, NASA says
... the images of dark streaks (which, incidentally, change with the seasons) on Mars – as captured by the Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRISE camera – have NASA making a strong argument. Though as Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy has pointed out, the detection...
11 November 2016
Beagle 2 Mars probe came close to success
... have reflected off the panels. The results were then compared with original images taken by the HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. According to lead digital design researcher Nick Higgett of De Montfort University...
27 May 2019
Third largest water reservoir on Mars found
... and sand in an area where they are exposed on the surface of Mars. The photograph, taken with the HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, was adjusted to show water ice as light-colored layers and sand...
