Thursday, October 1, 2015

HiRISE

HiRISE, or High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, might just be the coolest thing in the world. Costing $40 million, the Universtiy of Arizona directed the building of this massive camera that takes amazing photos of mars. In March of 2006, HiRISE took its first photos of mars in Martian orbit. Essentially, this camera was able to produce the most detailed images of mars that have ever been seen; creating huge advancements for NASA and the potential to gather so much more information about the red planet.


I was checking out the website and found the most amazing images of RSL, or recurring slope lineae, from all different craters and ridges all around mars. The color is enhanced on all the images to show the details in the terrain. Each photo looks almost like a zoomed in image of a thick, textured, acrylic painting. (Inspo!)





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