West Endeavour Crater Dune Field Monitoring
HiRISE PICTURE OF THE DAY: 19 MARCH 2025

The Dunes of Western Endeavour Crater

Dunes were documented to be migrating at high rates towards the south, and our science goal with this observation is to detect and update surface change of those dunes shown to be active from past HiRISE observations. Endeavour Crater is the site of the final repose of the Opportunity rover.



HiRISE Instrument News
Since July 23, 2023, HiRISE observations have lacked data from the RED4 CCD due to a hardware issue, creating a gap in the middle of image products and reducing the color swath to 1 CCD width. We are investigating the hardware issue and may be able to acquire some RED4 data in the future.

Icy Cliffs at the Martian North Pole
In the spring, we also sometimes see avalanches pouring down these cliff faces and this image was taken to search for more of them.