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The Mars monolith as seen from orbit. The Mars monolith is a rectangular object, possibly a boulder, discovered on the surface of Mars. [1] [2] The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took pictures of it from orbit, roughly 180 miles (300 km) away. [1] The HiRISE camera that was used to photograph the monolith has a resolution of approximately 1 foot ...
The Phobos monolith (right of center, casting long shadow) as taken by the Mars Global Surveyor (MOC Image 55103, 1998). The location of the monolith (HiRISE image PIA10368) The Phobos monolith is a large rock on the surface of Mars' moon Phobos. [1] It is a boulder, about 85 m (279 ft) across and 90 m (300 ft) tall.
The Phobos monolith (right of center) as taken by the Mars Global Surveyor (MOC Image 55103, 1998) In 2007, the Canadian Space Agency funded a study by Optech and the Mars Institute for an uncrewed mission to Phobos known as Phobos Reconnaissance and International Mars Exploration (PRIME).
There's no Google Earth for Mars — no way to zoom in for a closer look at your Martian neighbors' new deck or pickup truck — but Caltech scientists have spent six years composing a 3D image of ...
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover captured an image of a mysterious doughnut-shaped rock on the planet’s surface.
(Load the image in full size to see both Moons of Mars.) March 5, 2024: NASA released images of transits of the moon Deimos , the moon Phobos and the planet Mercury as viewed by the Perseverance rover on the planet Mars.
Valles Marineris (/ ˈ v æ l ɪ s m ær ɪ ˈ n ɛər ɪ s /; [1] Latin for Mariner Valleys, named after the Mariner 9 Mars orbiter of 1971–72 which discovered it) is a system of canyons that runs along the Martian surface east of the Tharsis region. [2]
HiRISE discovered a carbon dioxide avalanche on Mars reminding us that the red planet is a dynamic environment