Posted by
Far_view on Saturday, October 28, 2006 11:17:45 PM
I continue to be blown away by the quality, clarity, and awesomeness of the images being returned by the
HiRISE camera on
MRO. I was just looking at some images released October 5. My favorite of that bunch is this
one
of layers in the putative delta in Holden Crater. Wow!!! Just at an
aesthetic level, the interplay of the light-toned layered rocks
emerging from the dark mantling sands and dunes. It is just incredible.
I was a little skeptical about how much more we would get from the 30
cm resolution of HiRISE vs. the 1.5 m resolution of MOC, but it really
is a big difference.