This image shows a crater on the floor of Eos Chasma, part of the Valles Marineris canyon system. Craters on Mars are useful for geologists because they provide cross-sections into the subsurface. The ...

In geology, a slump forms a mass of loosely consolidated material or a rock layer moves a short distance down a slope. The movement is characterized by sliding along a concave-upward or planar surface ...

Now that we have tens of thousands of images of Mars as seen from space at our disposal, it’s quite easy to say what a magnificent and mysterious place the neighboring planet is. All these images, ...

Although people generally refer to it as the Red Planet, Mars is not actually red. Sure, seen from afar, it may look a bit reddish, due to the oxidation of the iron present in surface layers, but its ...

Image Size (km) 55.6×26.8 The topic for the Image of the Day for the weeks of March 7-18 will be mountains on Mars. This image is located in Eos Chasma and contains a a feature type called a Mensa, ...

These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, show the southern part of Valles Marineris, called Eos Chasma. The images were taken during ...

The latest images acquired by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC – High Resolution Stereo Camera), operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) on ...