---
title: "NASA Just Released More Than One Thousand Photos of Mars’ Surface"
description: "The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's HiRISE camera has captured more than 1,000 photos showcasing the varying landscapes on the Red Planet."
date: "2016-08-09"
modified: "2016-08-09"
authors:
  - name: "Ramon Perez"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/ramonperez"
url: "https://futurism.com/nasa-just-released-more-than-one-thousand-photos-of-mars-surface"
categories:
  - "Astronomy"
  - "Mars"
  - "NASA"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "mars"
  - "mars reconnaissance orbiter"
  - "NASA"
---

# NASA Just Released More Than One Thousand Photos of Mars’ Surface

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/mars-photo.png>)
*\<em\>Image: \<a href="https://www.engadget.com" target="\_blank"\>NASA/JPL/University of Arizona\</a\>\</em\>*

Ever since the [Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter](<http://mars.nasa.gov/mro/>) (MRO) went into orbit, its HiRISE camera has captured a lot of photos of the Red Planet—regularly returning invaluable scientific data needed to better understand it.

This time, NASA has published a rather huge photo dump of Mars, consisting of more than one thousand images that can familiarize you with the planet's craters, impact sites, dunes, labyrinths, ice caps, [and other features](<https://futurism.com/chemicals-found-on-mars-point-to-oxygen-rich-past>).

"It's especially hefty because every 26 months, the geometry of Earth and Mars offer a sweet spot for data return," director of the Planetary Image Research Laboratory, Alfred McEwen, told *Popular Science*. It just so happened that this sweet spot coincided with Mars' equinox last May, when the Sun shined directly on the planet's equator—which gave the MRO a better view of the planet than usual.

Here are just a few of the many photos the MRO sent back:

![1](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1.jpg>)
*Spider Terrain*

![2](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2.jpg>)
*Terrain Near Peneus Patera*

![3](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/3.jpg>)
*Tyrrhena Terra Spectral Contact*

![4](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/4.jpg>)
*Atlantis Chaos*

All photos courtesy of NASA/JPL/University of Arizona. If you want to view the entire collection, check them out on [HiRise's official website.](<http://www.uahirise.org/katalogos.php?page=1>)