Cliffs of Ice
HiRISE PICTURE OF THE DAY: 25 JULY 2026
Cliffs of Ice

The mid-latitudes of Mars are mostly covered with smooth material that scientists have suspected to be ice. The bright material on the cliff face is preserved only because the cliff points away from the equator and is shaded.



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

Layering in Western Arabia Terra
This image provides a look at layered deposits that with a stereo pair with maximal vertical resolution, can give us some insight into bed thickness measurements. We can also derive a digital terrain model for even more detail about this terrain. Arabia Terra is a highland region in Mars’ Northern Hemisphere, dating back to the planet’s Noachian geological era, around four billion years ago.