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HiRISE: High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment
Alfred McEwen Shane Byrne
A Small HiRISE Sample
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HiRISE, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, is the most powerful camera ever sent to another planet. Onboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, HiRISE operations is based here at the University of Arizona.

HiRISE has returned more data than any other mission so far, showing us the Red Planet in incredible detail. Tens of thousands of images, plus over 1,000 captioned observations, many written by LPL graduate students, are available on the HiRISE website.


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