Light-Toned Layer North of Hadriaca Patera
HiRISE PICTURE OF THE DAY: 14 OCTOBER 2026

Light Layers, Dark Land

The objective of this observation is to examine a light-toned layer that is at the base of a low mesa-like feature. This scene, also visible in wider Context Camera images, is to the north of Hadrica Patera, itself located to the northeast of the Hellas Planitia impact basin in the Southern Hemisphere of Mars.



100,000 Image of Mars!
On 7 October 2025, the HiRISE camera aboard MRO acquired an image of the Syrtis Major plains that marks over 100,000 images of Mars, which is a fabulous milestone!
HiRISE Image of Exocomet 3I/ATLAS
On 2 October 2025, MRO turned away from Mars to image 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object ever observed passing through our solar system!

HiRISE Instrument News
HiRISE Instrument News
Since mid-2023, our RED4 CCD has operated only intermittently due to a hardware issue, creating gaps in the middle of some image products and reducing the color swath to 1 CCD width. We continue to command RED4 in all observations and it returns data approximately 50% of the time

Layered Mesa near Mawrth Vallis
This target comes from the public via HiWish: “Similar HiRISE images of mounds around Chryse Planitia have revealed stunning and complex meter and decameter-scale stratigraphy, indicative of widespread, regional-scale processes. This mound shares characteristics with those landforms, so is important to document.”