Landforms in Noachis Terra
HiRISE PICTURE OF THE DAY: 21 NOVEMBER 2025
Landforms in Noachis Terra

This target request originated from our public suggestion tool HiWish: “There are some elevations in the middle of what seems to be plain ground. Should be of interest to find out how it formed.” Noachis Terra is one of the most extensive land masses on Mars, lying in the Southern Highlands and west of the Hellas impact basin.



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.

Ridges in Lycus Sulci
Much of the rocks in this area have been subjected to erosion by the wind, so the surface we see today was originally buried deep underground.