Streamlined Shapes in Granicus Valles
HiRISE PICTURE OF THE DAY: 1 DECEMBER 2025
Streamlined Shapes in Granicus Valles

The objective of this observation is to examine a group of streamlined features. Most of our image footprint is full of these features. Granicus Valles is a complex channel system located west of Elysium Mons. The system is approximately 750 kilometers (466 miles) long. It is likely that both water and lava played a part in creation of the feature.



HiRISE Image of Exocomet 3I/ATLAS
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HiRISE Instrument News
Since July 23, 2023, HiRISE observations have lacked data from the RED4 CCD due to a hardware issue, creating a gap in the middle of image products and reducing the color swath to 1 CCD width. We are investigating the hardware issue and may be able to acquire some RED4 data in the future.

Glacial (Ice) or Lava Flow?
The geologic setting and latitude here suggest this is a glacial (ice-rich) flow, but the surface is broken into plates like many lava flows on Mars.