Stunning images of metal waves on Mars by the Mars Express probe. The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter captured images of metallic-looking sand dunes filling the giant Kaiser Crater on Mars.
The footage, monitored by the High Resolution Stereoscopic Camera (HRSC) aboard the Mars Express probe, shows one of the oldest parts of the Red Planet, “Noahes Terra” or “Noah’s Land”, which is located in the ancient southern highlands of Mars, and has been subjected to severe bombardment by space rocks and meteorites, over the past four billion years, and the effects of these collisions are clearly visible.
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This image is from the HRSC camera, one of eight cameras aboard the Mars Express rover, which launched in 2003.
The Mars Express probe has been capturing and exploring the diverse terrain of Mars
This sand field consists of a mixture of transverse dunes and crescent dunes, which are the most common types of dunes on the surface of Mars.
The orbiter has mapped the planet's surface with unprecedented accuracy, in color and in three dimensions, over more than two decades, providing insights that have radically changed our understanding of the Red Planet.
The right half of the image is dominated by part of the bottom of the giant Kaiser Crater, which is a large basin with a diameter of about 180 kilometers and a depth of several kilometers.
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This sand field consists of a mixture of transverse dunes and crescent dunes, which are the most common types of dunes on the surface of Mars.
The right half of the image is dominated by part of the bottom of the giant Kaiser Crater, a large basin about 180 kilometers in diameter and a few kilometers deep.
The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter captured images of metallic-looking sand dunes filling the giant Kaiser Crater on Mars.
The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter captured images of metallic-looking sand dunes filling the giant Kaiser Crater on Mars.
The Mars Express probe has been capturing and exploring the diverse terrain of Mars.
This image is from the HRSC camera, one of eight cameras on board the Mars Express probe, which launched in 2003.
The Mars Express probe has been capturing and exploring the diverse terrain of Mars
This sand field consists of a mixture of transverse dunes and crescent dunes, which are the most common types of dunes on the surface of Mars.
The orbiter has mapped the planet's surface with unprecedented accuracy, in color and in three dimensions, over more than two decades, providing insights that have radically changed our understanding of the Red Planet.
The right half of the image is dominated by part of the floor of the giant Kaiser Crater, a large basin about 180 kilometers in diameter and a few kilometers deep.
The European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter captured images of metallic-looking sand dunes filling the giant Kaiser Crater on Mars.
The footage, monitored by the High Resolution Stereoscopic Camera (HRSC) aboard the Mars Express probe, shows one of the oldest parts of the Red Planet, “Noahes Terra” or “Noah’s Land”, which is located in the ancient southern highlands of Mars, and has been subjected to severe bombardment by space rocks and meteorites, over the past four billion years, and
