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NASA Publishes a Thousand Photos of Mars (engadget.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the new-wallpaper dept.

An anonymous reader writes from a report via Engadget: NASA has released a huge number of high-resolution photos of Mars captured from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRise camera, which has been capturing images of the planet since 2005. The latest dump consists of over a thousand images that can familiarize you with the red planet's many craters, impact sites, dunes, mountains, ice caps and other features. You can view every single photo captured on HiRise's official website. Popular Science mentions that every 26 months or so, Mars and the sun are on the opposite sides of the Earth, allowing MRO to transmit a massive amount of photos from the planet's surface.

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  1. Fascinating by DatbeDank · · Score: 2

    I could spend hours staring at these images. Just in time too, I needed a new desktop background!

    I look forward to the day we go to Mars and meet up with the various probes and rovers we sent there.

    1. Re: Fascinating by aevan · · Score: 2

      Proof the Mun landings were staged

  2. Popular Science is a joke by Strider- · · Score: 2

    And doesn't know what they're talking about. As long as Mars isn't obscured by the Sun (which also happens every 26 months) the communications with the probes around Mars continues unhindered.

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    1. Re:Popular Science is a joke by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 2

      Does director of the Planetary Image Research Laboratory Alfred McEwen know what he's talking about? Because he's the one who actually said it.

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  3. Re:I smell a conspiracy! Re: Fascinating by Rei · · Score: 2

    I did find one that contains the complete text of the Wikipedia article on pareidolia.

    You really have to squint to see it, though.

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  4. Re:Simple question by luis_a_espinal · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How does this affect anyone? Nobody is going to visit these sand dunes and other topographical features anytime soon. We're not going to Mars for awhile and we're really not making much progress. Even so, it's a dead planet that's not capable of sustaining human life. How does this affect anyone at all? This doesn't affect me and it doesn't affect anyone I know. It's a complete waste of money, time, and effort. Can anyone explain why this matters? Now, I know you'll censor my post to -1 to avoid the question and pretend like it doesn't exist. But it's an important question: why does this matter at all? Can anyone explain how this affects me? I think not! But I expect to be censored to -1 almost instantly.

    Won't affect you for sure. How sad to live a life without a spark of curiosity.